If U.S. President George W. Bush was surprised on his recent trip to Indonesia by the negative image the country’s Muslim leaders had of his administration, he is unlikely to be reassured by two new surveys from Latin America and Europe. Nearly 90 percent of more than 500 elite figures in six Latin American countries …
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Paul Wolfowitz’s second visit to Iraq was supposed to underscore the “good news” about the U.S. occupation – how the Americans are building schools, roads, and credibility with the Iraqi people. Instead, it turned into an object lesson in how the country is on the verge of careening out of control. It happened at a …
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"The path of peace is preferable to the path of war." ~ Yitzhak Rabin, November 4, 1995 President George Bush and the United States are in a serious situation in Iraq for one reason only: neoconservatives will permit no dissent. Neoconservatives used their presidential appointments and Vice President Cheney to silence the CIA and Defense …
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Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz’s weekend tour of Iraq appeared to be going splendidly: everywhere he went – even in Saddam Hussein’s former stronghold of Tikrit – Iraqis greeted him with smiles and warm handshakes, no doubt adding to his conviction that the war really was for "liberation" rather than "occupation." Until Sunday morning, that …
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A Hollywood marketing man, Michael Levine, is pushing what is undoubtedly a good-hearted effort to bridge the gap between the United States and the Muslim world to improve both the intellectual content and the marketing savvy of America’s public relations effort to the world. With all due respect to what is undoubtedly a sincere undertaking, …
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"Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." Vice President Dick Cheney, 8-26-02. "For those who say we haven’t found the banned manufacturing devises or banned weapons, they’re wrong, we found them." President George Bush, 5-30-03. When it became obvious that the neoconservatives would succeed in turning the …
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The Man Who Had Five Heads Israel’s former Prime Minister Barak and his present successor Sharon made extra-judicial killing – euphemised at first as “targeted assassination”, later as “targeted prevention” – a key element in Israel’s “defence” policy. Gideon Levy of Ha’aretz (14.9.2003) wonders: ”Last week, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced that soldiers from …
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Retired Captain Ward Boston, a former U.S. Navy attorney who was senior legal counsel to the military investigation of the near sinking of the U.S.S. Liberty by the Israelis, in 1967, has finally revealed the truth in a signed affidavit: “For more than 30 years, I have remained silent on the topic of the USS …
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A one-hour interview conducted by “Philip Dru.” Check out his other interviews with prominent libertarians and antiwar personalities. WMV format (requires Windows Media Player)MP3 format (download requires any MP3 player)
