Strike Iran and Risk Huge Backlash, Blix Warns US

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...

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Misdiagnosing the Malady

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...

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Neocons and Iran: Here They Go Again

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...

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More Money for Indonesia’s Thugs

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...

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Weapons Inspections Were a Front

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...

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Natan Sharansky and US Israel Policy

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...

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Arabs Fear Kirkuk Purge

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...

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Non-Kurds Allege Vote Fraud in North

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...

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