Month: February 2005

BANGKOK – As Iran and the European Union go into talks in Geneva Tuesday on Tehran’s nuclear program, former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix said the possibility of the United States attacking the Middle Eastern country, at this juncture, seemed remote. But he warned that if a U.S. military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities … Continue reading “Strike Iran and Risk Huge Backlash, Blix Warns US”

These are the stories that will continue to emerge from the rubble of Fallujah for years. No, for generations… Speaking on condition of anonymity, the doctor sits with me in a hotel room in Amman, where he is now a refugee. He’d spoken in the UK about what he saw in Fallujah, and he is … Continue reading “‘How Are These People Going to Feel About Americans?’”

If a doctor, even a God-fearing, Bible-believing evangelical Christian, misdiagnoses a mortal malady, there is a probability the medicine he prescribes will do no good and the surgery he proposes may worsen the patient’s condition. Rereading the president’s inaugural and State of the Union, this seems an apt metaphor for U.S. war policy. In his … Continue reading “Misdiagnosing the Malady”

Antiwar.com columnist Dr. Gordon Prather gives Scott Horton the inside scoop about Iran’s “nuclear program” and the neocons who are trying to start another war. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Listen to streaming audio Download MP3 Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal … Continue reading “Neocons and Iran: Here They Go Again”

As U.S. President George W. Bush last week reiterated his strong support for spreading freedom abroad, his administration was preparing to remove a major obstacle to restoring full ties with Indonesia’s armed forces (TNI), widely regarded as one of the world’s most abusive militaries. According to Congressional offices contacted last week by Secretary of State … Continue reading “More Money for Indonesia’s Thugs”

Part two of Scott Horton’s discussion with former UN Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter about the WMD that weren’t. Interview conducted Feb. 5, 2005. Check out Scott Horton’s other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Listen to Streaming Audio Download MP3 In 1998, Scott Ritter resigned from the United Nations weapons inspection team and … Continue reading “Weapons Inspections Were a Front”

JERUSALEM – Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon go into Tuesday’s summit in Egypt with a strong common interest – to portray their long-awaited meeting as a success – but with very different agendas. In many ways, the summit, hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak at the Red Sea port of … Continue reading “Abbas and Sharon: Common Interest, Different Agendas”

There is little doubt that George W. Bush and Natan Sharansky, a Soviet émigré who is a top political official in Israel, share a similar perspective about international affairs, especially in the Middle East. Following his inaugural address, the U.S. president said that Sharansky’s book The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome … Continue reading “Natan Sharansky and US Israel Policy”

KIRKUK – "When someone has the power, he will take everything," says retired soldier Mohammed Hassan Mohammed in a Shia mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Like most Shia Arabs in this oil-rich city, his family came here in the 1980s during Saddam’s massive campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Kurds. Like most … Continue reading “Arabs Fear Kirkuk Purge”

KIRKUK – Kurds are declaring victory after elections in Iraq’s northern oil-rich city, Kirkuk, but other groups in the multi-ethnic city are not ready to concede. Some allege massive voter fraud. "This election was done without any oversight from the United Nations," says Ali Mahdi, an officer in the Iraqi Turkmen Front, the largest party … Continue reading “Non-Kurds Allege Vote Fraud in North”