Month: November 2004

More evidence of a major failure by the Bush administration to adequately prepare for the possibility of insurgency in postwar Iraq has surfaced amid claims by some rebels that they have acquired chemical weapons and are preparing to use them against U.S. forces in the besieged Sunni stronghold of Fallujah. The claims, which come on … Continue reading “Rising Concerns About Insurgents’ Weaponry”

Scott Horton speaks to Dr. Frederic Whitehurst and Sibel Edmonds about the perils and promise of government whistleblowing. Interview conducted Oct. 23, 2004. Check out Scott’s other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian figures. Download MP3 Listen to Streaming Audio Dr. Whitehurst is the founder and director of the Forensics Justice Project at the National … Continue reading “Blowing the Whistle”

Well, I tried to vote for Ralph Nader, but not without some difficulty. He’s absent from the ballot in California due to the very effective efforts of Democratic infiltrators in the Green Party, but our Electoral Overlords thoughtfully provided a blank space where I was free to write in the name of my chosen candidate, … Continue reading “And the Winner Is ….”

TOKYO – Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi might have won public approval for the country’s troops to stay in Iraq despite the beheading there of a Japanese civilian by Islamic militants. But the big question, however, remains on whether he will get the same level of support needed to extend the troops’ mandate when it … Continue reading “Japanese Hostage’s Beheading Brings Iraq Mandate Into Question”

New details have emerged in the week after nearly 380 tons of powerful explosives were reported missing from the al-Qaqaa munitions facility south of Baghdad, supporting Iraqi interim government assertions that someone looted the site following the U.S. capture of the capital city on April 9, 2003. Additional reports by eyewitnesses and the military suggest … Continue reading “Missing Weapons Go Far Beyond al-Qaqaa”

A complete English transcript of the bin Laden audiotape released last week has now been posted by al-Jazeera. The Arabic text, for those who can use it, has also been posted. A reinterpretation of the speech, put in motion by the neoconservative organ MEMRI, has been flying around the web, suggesting that bin Laden is … Continue reading “Osama Threatening Red States?”

To the workers, peasants and soldiers of a war-weary Russia in 1917, Lenin promised “peace, land and bread.” To Germans of the Great Depression, Hitler promised an end to war reparations and the overturning of the injustices of Versailles. Now, Osama bin Laden, with his remarkable videotape on the eve of the U.S. election, seeks … Continue reading “The Wedge Politics of Osama bin Laden”

Ann Arbor, Mich.; Bellevue, Wash.; Cape Coral, Fla.; Stamford, Conn.; Green Bay, Wis.; Manchester, N.H.; Allentown, Pa.; Portsmouth, Va.; Cambridge, Mass. These are just a few U.S. cities whose populations hover around 100,000 people. In late October, public health experts calculated that an equal number of Iraqi civilians have died as a result of the … Continue reading “Taking Stock of Iraqi Deaths”

Scott Horton discusses the future of the American empire with the republic’s most intransigent defender, Rep. Ron Paul (R, Texas). Interview conducted Oct. 16, 2004. Check out Scott’s other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian figures. Download MP3 Listen to Streaming Audio Ron Paul is a Republican Congressman from Texas. He was the 1988 Libertarian … Continue reading “‘Dr. No’ vs. the Yes Men”

A review of Purple Hearts by Nina Berman Trolley, Ltd. (Great Britain) Hardback, 96 pages, with 41 color photographs When you get to the end of Purple Hearts, you won’t know what to think. But you will be thinking. In this short and spare book, photojournalist Berman has collected pictures of 19 American servicemen and … Continue reading “Purple Hearts Shows Aftermath of War”