Month: December 2003

Last evening, in Amman, we met with Fadi Elayyan and Jihad Tahboub, two Palestinian young men who were imprisoned for two months, without charge, by US Occupying forces who seized them, in Baghdad, on April 10, 2003. They are trying to help four of their companions who are still held by the US military, presumably … Continue reading “The Two Troublemakers”

I don’t believe the capture of Saddam Hussein will have any effect on the guerrilla war being conducted against Americans and their Iraqi allies. Saddam’s power was always his ability to command and control. The day he went on the run, he lost that power. He couldn’t command or control anyone. On the contrary, he … Continue reading “Saddam Capture Won’t Mean Much”

The decision by Libya’s Moammar Qadaffi to come clean, so to speak, and give up his weapons of mass destruction is being touted, by the War Party, as proof that their program of “regime change” in Iraq has put the fear of God – or, at least, of Washington and London – in the region’s … Continue reading “Libya: Will the US Take Yes for an Answer?”

The Fox News crew was breathless the morning Saddam’s capture broke. Of course, when I had last been watching, some Fox babe was breathless about Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant, or whoever was threatening our way of life at the time, so it took me a moment to figure out what was happening. Then … Continue reading “Have a Very Martial Christmas”

Will Saddam’s capture mark a turning point in the war in Iraq? Don’t count on it. Few resistance fighters have been fighting for Saddam personally. Saddam’s capture may lead to a fractioning of the Baath Party, which would move us further toward a Fourth Generation situation where no one can recreate the state. It may … Continue reading “Iraq’s ‘Fourth Generation War’ is Nothing New”

U.S. peace activists have denounced Thursday’s long-awaited speech by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on his plans to "disengage" from the Palestinian population in the Occupied Territories, even as the White House offered a more nuanced reaction. Americans for Peace Now (APN), a largely Jewish group that strongly supported the 1993 Oslo Accords, said the … Continue reading “Little Joy at Sharon Speech”

Casualties in Iraq Is there any way that Antiwar.com could get a graphical representation of the war dead for its “casualties of war” section? It seems to me that a line graph of “deaths vs. time” showing total dead and combat dead on a given date would give us a better idea of the ebb … Continue reading “”

U.S. civil liberties and human rights groups Thursday hailed the one-two punch delivered by two federal appeals courts against the Bush administration’s refusal to recognize basic due-process rights of alleged U.S. and foreign detainees held as "enemy combatants" in Washington’s "war on terrorism." "Not one, but two federal courts have rebuked the President today for … Continue reading “Rights, Liberties Groups Hail Court Defeats for Bush Anti-Terror War”

With former president Saddam Hussein in the bag, the administration of President George W. Bush appears determined to make U.S. voters forget Washington invaded Iraq on the pretext that its apparently nonexistent weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a direct threat to the United States and its allies. The effort so far has taken two … Continue reading “Who Needs WMD When You’ve Got Saddam?”

On the cold, blustery weekend after Thanksgiving 2003, north Florida AM radio firebrand and political activist Andy “Down to Business” Johnson made a rare appearance on the cable news circuit. The venue was Fox News’ “From the Heartland”, hosted by former Congressman John Kasich [R-OH]. Kasich brought together outspoken Iraqi war opponent Johnson and syndicated … Continue reading “Technical Knockout”