The Iraq - al Queda Link

by Lila Schow

Note: Only days after finishing the above report on the faulty linking of Hussein to 9-11, the Washington Post printed Report Cast Doubt on Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection .
 

Depleted Uranium Update

Read more about our grassroots program to introduce a bill suspending the sale and use of depleted uranium

Weapon of Mass Deception: What the Pentagon doesn’t want us to know about depleted uranium.

Bush Administration Examines Steps to a Revamped Arsenal

Gulf War Syndrome 'does not exist,' a scientific study reportedly concludes, sparking anger among veterans.

 

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Help Protect Child Refugees: Contact Your Senator Today
Each year the U.S. government finds more than 5,000 foreign-born children in the United States unaccompanied by a parent or guardian -- and puts them into detention, often for months, although most of them have committed no crime. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has introduced a bill (S1129, the Unaccompanied Child Protection Act of 2003) that would help such children by providing them with pro bono lawyers and guardians and by improving the conditions in which they are confined. Please contact your Senator today to urge him/her to become a cosponsor of S1129.

So Why Did America Attack Iraq?
America and the World Needs to Know the Truth

Tell Congress to Get to the Bottom of the Phantom
Weapons of Mass Destruction

Patron these non-Middle East importing gasoline companies to avoid financing Bush’s war: Citgo, Sunoco, Conoco, Sinclair, BP/Phillips, and Hess.

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Editorials: Notable and Newsworthy  
 

Biotech Wars: Food Freedom Vs. Food Slavery, By Vandana Shiva

Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction:
Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense? By John W. Dean

The Dog Ate My WMDs By William Rivers Pitt

If We Knew Where It Was - Why Don't We Know Where It Is? By John Cory

Who's Accountable? By PAUL KRUGMAN

UN Charade: Timing of Iraq War in Bush's Hands from Start By Michael T. Klare

Bomb and Switch By Maureen Dowd

Bechtel: Profiting from Destruction: Why the Corporate Invasion of Iraq Must be Stopped By CorpWatch, Global Exchange, Public Citizen

Boy Meets Reality By Andrew Korfhage

Is Russia Really Fighting 'Terror' in Chechnya? By Matthew Riemer

Further fanning of the flames By Ash Pulcifer

Embedded Reporters Viewpoint Misses Main Point Of War By Robert Jensen

Is the President Nuts? Diagnosing Dubya: DRY DRUNK By Carol Wolman, M.D.

On A Positive Note

Senate Begins Process to Reverse New F.C.C. Rules on Media
 

American Woman Travels Door to Door to Count Iraqi Casualties

Alaska Passes Anti-Patriot Act Resolution; Second State to Oppose Feds
 

High court rules against sodomy laws

Truth vs. Truth

More Than 13,000 May Face Deportation . . . A huge registration scheme for Arab and Muslim men in the US may result in up to 13,000 deportations.

Faced with growing resistance US prepares military repression in Iraq

GEORGE W BUSH - THE RESUME HE DOESN'T GIVE OUT!

Environment Watch

Rainbow Warrior held after peaceful protest

Conspiracy Corner

Like Chomsky I'm not ready to demonize my thought-provoking, critical thinking as conspiracy theory. Rather I prefer to look at the wrongs committed by the all-powerful nations as selfish, tunnel-visioned actions. When Bush orders American soldiers to invade and overthrow Iraq's government in pursuit of oil and its god-like power, I see this as simple selfishness. Yes, the US gov't will now control those vast amounts of liquid gold, use Iraq as a military stronghold in the Middle East, reign terror on anyone who seems a threat. But, the reasoning is not to kill off the Iraqis of the world, just Westernize them into buying and becoming dependent on American goods (though they're not really American because their produced in Taiwan). Bush isn't evil, he just wants to make everyone happy by bringing them Jesus and the American way. It's not a conspiracy, it's just good business.

Enough of Bush's Imperialistic Doctrine, Support Kucinich in 2004
 

by Jodie Hemerda

Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
by Jodie Hemerda

LISTEN

The BBC's John Manel
"On this trip to Camp Delta there's a guaranteed ticket out again"
 

WATCH

The BBC's Jane-Frances Kelly
"There've been calls for the immediate release of several boys aged between thirteen and sixteen"

UPDATES

Enron/WorldCom updates in blue

F.C.C. Votes to Relax Rules Limiting Media Ownership

Catholic priests fear they are the new targets of rebels in a brutal insurgency in northern Uganda.

US Plans Death Camp

Stoning appeal in Nigeria. Amina Lawal's appeal is delayed again as she seeks to overturn her death sentence for adultery.

Afghanistan:

Two US pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan will not face courts martial.

The father of an Australian being held at Guantanamo Bay shuts himself in a wire cage to highlight his son's case.

Aid workers urge the UN to take action to curb insecurity - and warn nostalgia for the Taleban is mounting.

PNAC:

Project for a New American Century calls for Saddam's ousting May 29, 1998-signed by Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Pearle and former CIA head James Woosley

Democratic Republic of Congo:

The United Nations tells Rwanda that its actions in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being monitored.

Tentative Steps in Congo, By Paul Harris

Fighting terror with terror, By Ash Pulcifer

Aceh Indonesia:

A US reporter holed up with separatist rebels in the Indonesian province of Aceh gives himself up to troops.

Reports of a mass grave in the troubled province of Aceh provoke an angry response from the Indonesian military.

IRAQ

The War’s Stimulating Effect on the Economy:

2 Major Wall Street Firms Say Profits Fell Despite Rally

Worst Job Market Since Early 90s

Unemployment Rate Rises to a 9-Year High

After We CRUSH Them

Child sickness 'soars' in Iraq

American soldiers open fire on protesters in Baghdad, killing two men

The US-led campaign against terrorism has made the world a more dangerous place, says Amnesty International.
 

Fallout

Sabotage Hits Iraq Pipeline as US Prepares to Resume Exports

False Terrorism Tips to F.B.I. Uproot the Lives of Suspects

U.S. Cautiously Begins to Seize Millions in Foreign Banks

Pyongyang announces for the first time that it will develop nuclear weapons, unless the US ends "hostile acts".

Israel Launches Pre-emptive Strike Against Palestine

Bush Aides Deny Effort to Slant Data on Iraq Arms

Hearing to Affect Government's Ability to Try Terror Suspects in Civilian Courts

Greek lawyers to sue Blair for war crimes

Time to Come Clean, Mr. President  By Sen. Robert Byrd
 

Who Really Won This War

Expanding Role of Defense Department Spurs Concerns

Bechtel advises subcontractors seeking Iraqi deals
 

Domestic Watch

Reports of terror crimes inflated
 

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