A United Nations fact-finding team has shot down a proposal to hold U.S.-style regional political caucuses to elect a homegrown transitional government in Iraq, leaving open the question of who will take over from the occupying power Jun. 30. The team, led by U.N. Under-Secretary-General Lakdhar Brahimi, said the caucus-style system proposed by the U.S.-led …
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An interview conducted by “Philip Dru.” Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. Recorded February 21, 2004 WMV format (requires Windows Media Player) MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)Bob Barr is a former federal prosecutor and Congressman from Georgia. He has been fighting to protect privacy from the Patriot Act, …
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In the weeks following Dr. Khan’s confession, the network he used to improve Pakistan’s military technology and enrich himself and his laboratory has led IAEA inspectors into a rat’s nest of businessmen from Malaysia to Colorado. Conspicuously missing from the discussions over who sold what to whom is the role of China’s significant military assistance …
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Of all the expressions of anti-Americanism reported since the beginning of the Iraq war, none drips with more contempt for the red-white-and-blue than the recent remarks of Ahmed Chalabi, the neocons’ man in Iraq. In regard to the complete absence of any “weapons of mass destruction,” which Chalabi and Co. insisted were in Saddam’s possession, …
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What rights remain of the Guantanamo Bay detainees will be put to a quick test in Britain following the release of five Britons over the next few weeks. While the U.S. Supreme Court deliberates the rights of the detainees, the release of five Britons becomes a test case within Europe that could influence decisions over …
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For those still puzzling over the whys and wherefores of Washington’s invasion of Iraq 11 months ago, major new, but curiously unnoticed, clues were offered this week by two central players in the events leading up to the war. Both clues tend to confirm growing suspicions that the Bush administration’s drive to war in Iraq …
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U.S. policy toward the most destabilizing factor in the Middle East – the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – is to support Israel and to never offend the Israeli lobby. US politicians use a number of rhetorical devices to disguise this policy, since it guarantees not only a continuation of the conflict, but a continuing supply of terrorists …
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The editing room of Al Quds educational TV is still riddled with bullet holes. The poor Palestinian broadcaster has little money to replace the equipment damaged in an attack by three armed men earlier this month. Damaged premises, journalists getting beaten up, and other forms of harassment have become almost a badge of honor among …
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On the eve of the World Court’s opening hearing on Israel’s construction of a barrier wall along the West Bank, two of the world’s oldest and most influential non-governmental organizations are calling for the dismantling of those sections that cross the pre-1967 “Green Line” into occupied territory. On Thursday, Amnesty International said the barrier, which …
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