Month: September 2004

Don’t Call it a WallI notice you don’t condemn the barrier Saudi Arabia has built along its border with Yemen! What about India’s wall, to keep Kashmiri terrorists out? And good news for the rest of you liberal nitwits – the EU is ALSO going to build a wall to keep illegal immigrants out – … Continue reading “Backtalk, September 15, 2004”

Douglas Feith serves as the number three civilian in the George W. Bush administration’s Defense Department, under Donald Rumsfeld and Paul Wolfowitz. Undersecretary for Policy Feith previously served in the Reagan administration, starting off as Middle East specialist at the National Security Council (1981-82) and then transferring to the Defense Department where he spent two … Continue reading “Douglas Feith: Portrait of a Neoconservative”

The following letter to Congress is signed by 25 national security experts. To the Congress of the United States: The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States ended its report [.pdf] stating, “We look forward to a national debate on the merits of what we have recommended, and we will participate vigorously in … Continue reading “National Security Experts Demand to Be Heard”

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations, which was forced to withdraw its international staff from Iraq last year because of growing violence, is weighing the possibility of downsizing its humanitarian operations in Afghanistan following the weekend destruction of four of its offices in the war-ravaged country. The agency worst hit by the looting and destruction … Continue reading “Under Attack in Afghanistan, UN Weighs Options”

All of President Bush’s chest-puffing, swaggering and tough talk over winning the war on terrorism reduce to one big nothing when you consider – with the kind of cold-eyed logic and dispassion that eludes today’s courtier press and punditry – that on the two biggest issues of his term, he is a miserable failure. The … Continue reading “No OBL, No WMD”

The practice of profiling by race, religion, and national origin on the part of U.S. law-enforcement agencies not only violates the human rights of its targets, but is also often counterproductive, according to a new report released here Monday by Amnesty International. Heralding a public campaign against profiling, the 50-page report, "Threat and Humiliation," charges … Continue reading “Amnesty Intl.: Racial Profiling Much Worse Since 9/11”

Law professor Elaine Cassel speaks with Scott Horton about the Bush/Ashcroft assault on American civil liberties. Interview conducted Sept. 4, 2004. Check out Scott’s other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Listen to Streaming Audio Download MP3 Elaine Cassel writes for FindLaw and the blog Civil Liberties Watch. She teaches at Concord University School … Continue reading “Shredding the Constitution”

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The death toll in Iraq has now exceeded 1,000 U.S. soldiers, more than 640 of whom are combat casualties after President Bush declared “mission accomplished” aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003. Casualties in war are inevitable. And the American public is willing to tolerate such casualties if our troops are … Continue reading “Time to Be Honest on Iraq”

This week’s debate on a draft UN Security Council resolution submitted by the United States last Thursday that, if passed, would increase pressure on the government of Sudan to stop violence in Darfur that has killed at least 50,000 people since last year, is shaping up as a major test of U.S. influence in the … Continue reading “US Darfur Resolution Met With Skepticism”