Backtalk, August 6, 2004

An Open Letter to the 9/11 PanelThere is no greater proof of Antiwar.com's standing as the country's (e-)Paper of Record than this: The equivalent of Daniel Ellsberg's Pentagon Papers have just been published. Who broke the story? You. Who else has it? So far,...

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Alert to Implications

Perhaps the most encouraging thing about the terrorist alert first issued on Sunday was the relatively extensive debate it engendered in much of the country, even though the alert was in some ways calculated to be responsive to criticisms of previous alerts. Instead...

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Corruption in the Corps?

In an earlier column, "Two Marine Corps," I alluded to the increasing corruption I see at Quantico and in Headquarters Marine Corps. A number of Marines have asked me what I meant by that. Are Marines taking envelopes of money under the table? Are defense...

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Passport to Terror

In the world of international terrorism, both privatized and state-sponsored, passports and other identity papers are the coin of the realm. Terrorists targeting America are particularly eager to get their hot little hands on Canadian and New Zealand passports, for a...

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Arab Troops Would Be Unwelcome

The appointed Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi faces vehement opposition to his move to deploy troops from other Muslim countries. Allawai's push follows a rash of suicide attacks that have rocked an increasingly unstable Iraq. He called on Arab military assistance in...

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UK Activist Sees Opening in Iraq Failure

MONTREAL - The failure of the UK/U.S.-led coalition to implant democracy in Iraq has prompted deep soul-searching in the British civil service and opened the door for progressive organizations to influence its policy, says one long-time activist. Whereas three years...

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Summer of Discontent

Nebojsa Malic is traveling and we have had trouble receiving his column via cyberspace. We hope to have his next column soon. William Shakespeare's Richard III opens with the memorable lines of earl Gloucester (later the eponymous king), "Now is the winter of our...

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Attacking Neo-Cons From the Right

Why did the Bush administration invade Iraq? Most left-wing critics – epitomized perhaps by Michael Moore's blockbuster documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11– have rather reflexively argued that the economic factor, particularly the interests of Big Oil or "the...

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Backtalk, August 4, 2004

Pledge WeekI just made a donation to Antiwar.com and did so with a full heart, even though Justin really got my goat over his tribute to Ronald Reagan. Raimondo is one of the best writers I've read online and even though I don't always agree with him, he's a damn fine...

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