After endorsing an appeal from the bipartisan 9/11 Commission to drastically overhaul the U.S. intelligence community, President George W. Bush on Tuesday nominated as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) the longtime chair of a congressional...
Hands Off Najaf
Our country's military now declares preparations to attack the Shrine of Ali in the city of Najaf in Iraq. Our country stands on the precipice of declaring war on Islam. An attack on the Shrine of Ali is an attack on the heart of Islam and must be nonviolently...
Bringing Back Saddam (Almost)
http://www.independent.org/tii/antiwar/e040810.html
Civil Disobedience Increases in Northeast India
IMPHAL (Manipur) - As turmoil rages in India's troubled northeastern state of Manipur, with most government offices shutting down Monday, and employees boycotting work to support a public rebellion against a federal law giving the army unlimited powers, experts fear...
Bush Team on Defensive Over al-Qaeda Leak
One of the greatest coups in Washington's nearly three-year war against al-Qaeda has suddenly turned sour with reports the White House prematurely exposed the identity of a key source whose contacts and communication with the terrorist group's operational masterminds...
UN Says Its Absence in Iraq Could Jeopardize Fair Elections
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, which is supposed to prepare the groundwork for nationwide elections in Iraq next January, is unlikely to send an electoral team to supervise the polls unless its workers are heavily protected in the violence-prone country,...
Democratic Party Platform Turns Toward the War Party
Against the backdrop of ongoing death and destruction in Iraq as a result of the U.S. invasion and subsequent occupation, the Democratic Party formally adopted their 2004 platform on July 28 at their convention in Boston. The platform focused more on foreign policy...
Not Scared Yet? Try Connecting These Dots
"Pre-election period pre-election plot pre-election threats": these rolled off National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice's lips no less than seven times Sunday on CNN's Late Edition as she discussed the likely timing of a terrorist attack. She...
Indonesian Court Dismissals Threaten Tighter US Ties
The Bush administration could be forced to slow plans to resume relations with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) after a Jakarta appeals court Saturday dismissed all pending cases against Indonesians indicted for crimes against humanity committed in East Timor five...
Police State USA
Last week's announcement that the terrorist threat warning level has been raised in parts of New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C., has led to dramatic and unprecedented restrictions on the movements of citizens. Americans wishing to visit the U.S. Capitol must,...


