Warwitness

Statement fromt he people of Fallujah

2004-11-02T18:35:00.000Z

IT IS more than evident that US forces are committing daily acts of genocide in Iraq. As we write, these crimes are being perpetrated against the city of Fallujah. US war planes are launching their most powerful bombs against the civilian population, killing and wounding hundreds of innocent people. Their tanks are pounding the city with heavy artillery. As you know, there is no military

Classic guerrilla war forming in Iraq

2004-09-21T14:24:00.000Z

"Recent upsurge in attacks against authorities and US forces has parallels, and differences, with past insurgencies."Full story

The New York Times > International > Middle East > U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas

2004-09-19T11:16:00.000Z

The New York Times > International > Middle East > U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas

Rumsfeld bans camera phones

2004-05-27T10:20:00.000Z

<"MOBILE phones fitted with digital cameras have been banned in US army installations in Iraq on orders from Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, The Business newspaper reported today. Quoting a Pentagon source, the paper said the US Defence Department believes that some of the damning photos of US soldiers abusing Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad were taken with camera phones."FULL STORY:

Abu Ghraib: US security fiasco | The Register

2004-05-25T10:35:00.000Z

Abu Ghraib: US security fiasco | The Register: "This new festival of human rights violations by the United States government is about revenge for 9/11, not about gathering useful intelligence. It is also about deterrence: it's a symbolic putting of heads on pikes near the city gates to discourage criminals. It is, quite simply, a terror tactic."

Institutional atrocities

2004-05-07T13:58:00.000Z

As evidence mounts of systematic abuse of prisoners by British and American soldiers in Iraq, no doubt we shall be told that these were the crimes of a rogue element who have besmirched the honour of their respective noble military traditions. When one considers the record, for instance in the 19th Century the genocide of native Americans directed by war criminals like Custer, and the thousands

Iraqi Communist Salam Ali talks to the Morning Star about the challenges ahead and his party's strategy

2004-04-23T09:33:00.000Z

Click on this link to read this interview, which many activists in the anti-war struggle may find offensive. A comprehensive analysis of relations between the Iraqi Communist Party - which supported Saddam Husssein's coup until he assassinated its leaders, and is now part of America's puppet "governing council" -- is in preparation. Meanwhile, comments from readers are welcome. Click HERE to

Fellujah - another eye-witness report from Donna Mulhearn

2004-04-21T09:57:00.000Z

On arrival in Fallujah we drove through the deserted streets straight to the clinic where our friends had helped out a few days before. It was a small neighbourhood clinic that had been transformed into a makeshift hospital after the main hospital in Fallujah was bombed and closed by the US military. The staff adapted admirably to the influx of wounded that were continually delivered in the

The Chinese occupation

2004-04-14T12:04:00.000Z

The Chinese occupation A satire, by Karl Dallas The question is: Are the Chinese incompetent, not having a plan to deal with the chaos resulting from their occupation of Britain? Or is the chaos part of their plan, ensuring them a perpetual foothold in Europe? One thing is certain: Wherever their "peace-keeping" forces have landed with their God-given role of bringing people's democracy, the

‘SUBMIT OR DIE': The siege of Fallujah and beyond.

2004-04-14T11:41:00.000Z

A Voices in the Wilderness UK briefing 13th April 2004 Roughly 800 Iraqis have been killed in the latest escalation of US/UK repression and killing in Iraq. In the first of series of emergency updates voices uk looks at what’s likely to happen next and the mind-set of some of the US soldiers fighting in Iraq. A PROLONGED CAMPAIGN OR NEGOTIATIONS? Though a fragile – and incomplete - ‘cease-fire

Falluja: No respite from the Violence

2004-04-14T11:23:00.000Z

No respite from the Violence by Dahr Jamail | Posted April 12, 2004 at 08:28 PM Baghdad time http://blog.newstandardnews.net/iraqdispatches/archives/000164.html Baghdad--When we returned from Falluja yesterday I felt like I could let my guard down somewhat. For in Baghdad, at least compared to Falluja, there have always been pockets of relative calm. The apartment where I’m staying is

Donna Mulhearn (Human Shield): I'm Going to Fallujah

2004-04-14T11:16:00.000Z

April 13 04 I'm Going to Fallujah We were having a talk in my living room the other night about the chaos in Iraq. The kidnappings, the bloodshed in Fallujah, the darkness across the country. We talked about what on earth we could do - a bunch of foreigners who’d come to Iraq to work on various projects, but now confined to our apartment because of the ‘kidnap’ scare. It was Easter Saturday

Falluja: another eyewitness report

2004-04-13T17:23:00.000Z

April 11th Falluja Trucks, oil tankers, tanks are burning on the highway east to Falluja. A stream of boys and men goes to and from a lorry that’s not burnt, stripping it bare. We turn onto the back roads through Abu Ghraib, Nuha and Ahrar singing in Arabic, past the vehicles full of people and a few possessions, heading the other way, past the improvised refreshment posts along the way where

EYEWITNESS REPORT FROM FALLUJAH: Destroying a Town in Order to Save it

2004-04-13T14:52:00.000Z

Report from Fallujah -- Destroying a Town in Order to Save it by Rahul Mahajan Empire Notes (http://www.empirenotes.org), 12 April 2004 Fallujah, Iraq -- Fallujah is a bit like southern California. On the edge of Iraq's western desert, it is extremely arid but has been rendered into an agricultural area by extensive irrigation. Surrounded by dirt-poor villages, Fallujah is perhaps marginally

Haiti: the US part in regime change, by Ramsey Clark

2004-03-02T08:53:00.000Z

International Action Center Founded by Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark 39 W. 14th St., NY, NY, 10011 212-633-6646, www.iacenter.org A Message from Ramsey Clark March 1, 2004 The Bush administration has worked towards the removal of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from office for three years. It has enforced a unilateral embargo and cut off humanitarian aid to the poorest country in

Noam Chomsky in the New York Times: A Wall as a Weapon

2004-02-23T11:11:00.000Z

"What this wall is really doing is taking Palestinian lands. It is also — as the Israeli sociologist Baruch Kimmerling has described Israel's war of "politicide" against the Palestinians — helping turn Palestinian communities into dungeons, next to which the bantustans of South Africa look like symbols of freedom, sovereignty and self-determination." FULL TEXT

More than half believe Tony Blair is untrustworthy and dishonest

2004-02-13T18:47:00.000Z

An online survey of nearly 3000 people has delivered a crushing verdict on Tony Blair's behaviour before, during and after the Iraq war. A total of 2,890 respondents completed the questionnaire. Questions focused on opinions about the war on Iraq, beliefs about WMD, perceptions of the government, and views about the BBC in the light of the Hutton enquiry’s findings. More than six in ten (63%)

Nokia wins mobile network deal in Iraq

2004-02-10T10:42:00.000Z

The Register: "Nokia has secured a deal for building a GSM mobile telephone network in the south of Iraq" The story concludes: "Mobile phones were strictly banned under Saddam Hussein's dictatorial regime." Not strictly true. Our mobiles were taken away from us at the border (mine wasn't, cos it was a Handspring Treo that I told them was a PDA), but the reason for no mobiles was that sanctions

Hutton Report survey

2004-02-02T18:10:00.000Z

The British Life and Internet Project is a collaboration between the Independent Digital Group, Sheffield University, The City University and eDigitalResearch.com. You completed an online form on the Independent Digital web site to allow us to send you surveys from the Project. This is the first survey of 2004. It asks for your detailed opinion on what you think about the events leading up to

New York Times: The Shiite surge in Iraq

2004-02-01T16:59:00.000Z

The clerics in Najaf say they don't want a secular, Westernized Iraq. So what do they want? " . . . if the war seems distant, God is everywhere. In the Shiite regions, the images of Saddam Hussein that glowered in various poses from countless walls and ceremonial arches were almost immediately replaced, after the fall of his government, by images of Imam Ali, son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad,

9/11: WHY STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS?

2004-01-29T11:29:00.000Z

This is the text of an advertisement produced during the New Hampshire Democratic primaries by the familes of those killed on September 11, 2001 Welcome to the Stonewalled World of the 9/11 Victim Families Where the Media Seldom Visits, the Truth Rarely Shines, and Unanswered Questions Never End September 11, 2001 America suffered the greatest national security disaster in our history. The

THE MURDER OF DAVID KELLY (part two of two)

2004-01-28T16:07:00.000Z

PART TWO

The Murder of Dr David Kelly (part one of two parts)

2004-01-28T16:05:00.000Z

PART ONE

Key points: The Hutton report

2004-01-28T15:57:00.000Z

Here is a BBC summary of the major points in Lord Hutton's report into events surrounding the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly. ON DR KELLY'S DEATH Dr Kelly took his own life and no third party was involved No-one involved could have contemplated that Dr Kelly would take his own life as a result of the pressures he felt Dr Kelly was not an easy man to help or to whom to give advice

Blair's phyrric victories

2004-01-28T11:30:00.000Z

Once (or rather twice) again. Tony B-liar demonstrates his mastery of spin-doctoring. Both on tuition fees and the Hutton report, he has managed to move the focus away from the main issues and on to peripheral matters. On tuition fees, he shifted the focus from the principle of saying one thing (no tuition fees) in the New Labour election manifesto and then doing the opposite, a betrayal of the

MichaelMoore: Answers please, Mr. Bush!

2004-01-28T11:09:00.000Z

Michael Moore fired his opening salvo against George Bush and his rightwing cronies with his bestseller Stupid White Men. Now the president is in his sights again. In this second extract from his new book he asks his old enemy seven awkward questions... "I have seven questions for you, Mr Bush. I ask them on behalf of the 3,000 who died that September day, and I ask them on behalf of the

Human Shield Faith gets 3 months for 'trespassing'

2004-01-28T11:01:00.000Z

Sarasota resident and peace activist Faith Fippinger was sentenced Monday to three months in federal prison for trespassing on federal property in Columbus, Ga. FULL REPORT

New York Times Op-Ed Contributor: One Iraqi, One Vote?

2004-01-27T13:13:00.000Z

In calling the capture of Saddam Hussein "crucial to the rise of a free Iraq," President Bush forgot the old saw about being careful what you wish for. Six weeks later, the administration seems shocked by the effect that event had on the country's Shiite community, which makes up 60 percent of the population. No longer worried about the return of Saddam Hussein, the Shiites -led by Grand

New York Times Op-Ed: Congress should curtail the many serious excesses of Patriot Act

2004-01-27T13:10:00.000Z

"President Bush is making an oddly timed push for renewal of the Patriot Act. Since important provisions of the law do not expire until the end of 2005, his real reason for raising the issue last week in his State of the Union address seemed to be political: to create the appearance of being tough on terrorism, which is central to his re-election campaign, while undercutting the chorus of critics

New York Times: Citing Free Speech, Judge Voids Part of Antiterror Act

2004-01-27T13:05:00.000Z

"For the first time, a federal judge has struck down part of the sweeping antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, joining other courts that have challenged integral parts of the Bush administration's campaign against terrorism. "In Los Angeles, the judge, Audrey B. Collins of Federal District Court, said in a decision made public on Monday that a provision in the law banning certain

HEBRON: The fence beside our door

2004-01-27T13:01:00.000Z

by Art Gish Just over a year ago, on Christmas day, 2002, Israeli soldiers constructed a high fence and gate on our street right beside our door in Hebron, cutting off access to Shuhada Street for us and everyone else in the Chicken Market. We then had to walk two blocks north to get to Shuhada Street and come back down the street to walk south on that street from our apartment Members of our

ISM witness from Palestine: Tanks back in Nablus

2004-01-25T14:22:00.000Z

By Zeiad Faied (Member of the International Solidarity Movement) Nablus remained relatively quiet until Thursday and the repair work to the roads and pavements continued. Two years ago tanks and bulldozers tore up the road between Askar refuge camp and Balata camp leaving the road impassable, the municipality leveled the road off somewhat between my first and second visits and cars could

2004-01-20T20:45:00.000Z

From: PCR [mailto:PCR] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 9:25 AM To: rapprochementpalestine@yahoogroups.com Subject: [rapprochement] Balata camp and Beit Furiq To: Prime Minister Tony Blair (letter) Foreigh Secretary Jack Straw Keith Hill MP Foreign Office Advisor Mike O'Brien UN Secretary General Kofi Annan Personal Rep of Sec Gen to UN in Palestine Terje Rod Larsen Cc: Prime

Naomi Klein: 'Rebuilding Iraq' is a Risky Business

2004-01-20T20:37:00.000Z

"At ReBuilding Iraq 2, held on December 3-4, it seems finally to have dawned on the investment community that Iraq is not only an 'exciting emerging market'; it's also a country on the verge of civil war. As Iraqis protest layoffs at state agencies and make increasingly vocal demands for general elections, it's becoming clear that the White House's prewar conviction that Iraqis would welcome the

New York Times columnist: American policy today toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is insane.

2004-01-18T22:44:00.000Z

"Can anyone look at what is happening - Palestinians, gripped by a collective madness, committing suicide, and Israelis, under a leadership completely adrift, building more settlements so fanatical Jews can live in the heart of Palestinian-populated areas - and not conclude the following: That these two nations are locked in an utterly self-destructive vicious cycle that threatens Israel's

New York Times: Hussein Warned Iraqis to Beware Outside Fighters, Document Says

2004-01-15T12:21:00.000Z

Intelligence: Hussein Warned Iraqis to Beware Outside Fighters, Document Says: "Saddam Hussein warned his Iraqi supporters to be wary of joining forces with foreign Arab fighters entering Iraq to battle American troops, according to a document found with the former Iraqi leader when he was captured, Bush administration officials said Tuesday. The document appears to be a directive, written after

January 17: Oppose anti-Muslim attack by the French government

2004-01-15T10:46:00.000Z

From: answer.general@action-mail.org[mailto:answer.general@action-mail.org] Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:31 AMTo: answer.general@action-mail.org Subject: [ANSWER]: January 17: Oppose anti-Muslim attack by the FrenchgovernmentJANUARY 17: OPPOSE ANTI-MUSLIM ATTACK BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENTThe International A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition supports the Muslim StudentsAssociation of the U.S. and Canada in

GREEN PARTY ON TERRORIST LIST

2004-01-15T09:16:00.000Z

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:39:07 -0800 Subject: GREEN PARTY ON TERRORIST LIST BY THE REGIME! http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=14884 Green Party "Terrorists" By Frederick Sweet, Intervention Magazine, January 6, 2003 Writing about his no-fly nightmare in the Fairfield County Weekly, art dealer Doug Stuber, who had run Ralph Nader's Green Party presidential campaign in North

Book review: The New Pearl Harbor: Was the Bush Administration Complicit in 9/11?

2004-01-15T09:10:00.000Z

by Dr. Rosemary Radford Ruether http://www.deceptiondollar.com/news/911BookReview.htm Until recently I dismissed the suggestions that the Bush administration might have been complicit in allowing 9/11 to happen as groundless "conspiracy theory." I regarded the federal investigative bureaucracies as suffering from a "lock the barn door after the horse has escaped" syndrome. American

Quarantining dissent - How Secret Service protects Bush from free speech

2004-01-13T08:59:00.000Z

James Bovard - San Francisco Chronicle - Sunday, January 4, 2004 When President Bush travels around the United States, the Secret Service visits the location ahead of time and orders local police to set up "free speech zones" or "protest zones," where people opposed to Bush policies (and sometimes sign-carrying supporters) are quarantined. These zones routinely succeed in keeping protesters

truthout: The Lies for War Unravel

2004-01-13T08:47:00.000Z

By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 12 January 2004 Air Force Lt. Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski wore the uniform of the United States military for most of her adult life. In the last few years, until her retirement last April after 20 years of service, she has watched the infrastructure of American foreign policy creation rot from the inside out. Her view was not from the

Training for new ISM volunteers in London

2004-01-11T19:32:00.001Z

From: John [ISM London] [mailto:john@ism-london.org] Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:32 AMTo: ISM London big listSubject: [ismlondon-announce] Training for new ISM volunteers in London# Subscribe & Unsubscribe Information in the footerThinking of joining ISM? We are holding a training weekend on Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th January in London for new volunteers.The day is designed for people

Israeli siege of Balata camp and Beit Furiq

2004-01-11T19:32:00.000Z

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New York Times Op-Ed Columnist: God and Man in Baghdad

2003-12-04T12:20:00.000Z

The first post-Saddam democratic government that the U.S. gives birth to in Iraq may be called the Islamic Republic of Iraq — and that's not necessarily a bad thing. Click here for FULL REPORT

New York Times News Analysis: Sudden US Shift on Guantanamo Bay Detainee

2003-12-04T12:16:00.000Z

"When the Pentagon said this week that it would let an American being held as an enemy combatant meet a lawyer, which it had refused to do for months, it appeared on the surface to be a major concession to the critics of the policy of detaining terrorism suspects. But it may be that the action was less of a substantive change than merely a calculated gesture to help the administration shield its

New York Times: U.S. Rejects Iraqi Plan to Hold Census by Summer

2003-12-04T12:13:00.000Z

"Iraqi census officials devised a detailed plan to count the country's entire population next summer and prepare a voter roll that would open the way to national elections in September. But American officials say they rejected the idea, and the Iraqi Governing Council members say they never saw the plan to consider it." FULL NEW YORK TIMES REPORT

POISONOUS LEGACY

2003-12-03T21:57:00.000Z

Depleted Uranium Flash Movie: POISONOUS LEGACY

Appeal from the Union of the Unemployed in Iraq to supporters and Trade Unionists

2003-12-03T14:45:00.000Z

Nov 29 03 Appeal from the Union of the Unemployed in IraqThis is an urgent letter to: all Trade Unions and supportive individuals and organisationsFrom: Unemployed Union of Iraq -- British RepresentativeWe seek your support in making our demand for the immediate release of the Secretary of the Unemployed Union in Iraq.Unemployed people of Iraq have organised themselves into the Unemployed Union

Guardian Unlimited:Phase three in Iraq: civil war

2003-12-03T14:38:00.000Z

"What really happened in Samarra? The post-occupation power struggle in Iraq may yet be the bloodiest chapter in the conflict Simon Tisdall Wednesday December 3, 2003 The Guardian What really happened in Samarra? According to US military spokesmen, a series of ambushes on coalition convoys by the Saddam Fedayeen militia was repulsed with unprecedented, devastating enemy losses. The

Guardian Unlimited | Guantanamo Bay: People the law forgot

2003-12-03T14:34:00.000Z

It is almost two years since the Guantanamo prison camp opened. Its purpose is to hold people seized in the 'war on terror' and defined by the Bush administration as enemy combatants - though many appear to have been bystanders to the conflict. Images of Camp Delta's orange-jumpsuited, manacled detainees have provoked international outrage. But the real horror they face isn't physical hardship,

The Guardian: How British Charity was Silenced on Iraq

2003-12-03T14:25:00.000Z

by Kevin Maguire One of Britain's most high-profile charities was ordered to end criticism of military action in Iraq by its powerful US wing to avoid jeopardizing financial support from Washington and corporate donors, a Guardian investigation has discovered. Internal emails reveal how Save the Children UK came under enormous pressure after it accused coalition forces of breaching the

New York Times: U.S. in Talks to Return Scores Held at Base

2003-12-01T11:55:00.000Z

Senior US Defense Department officials said Sunday that the military may soon release to their home countries scores of detainees, perhaps more than 100, who are being held in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. FULL REPORT

New York Times: 46 Iraqis Die in Fierce Fight Between Rebels and GIs

2003-12-01T11:47:00.000Z

American soldiers killed 46 guerrilla attackers in a firefight on Sunday afternoon in central Iraq. Military officials said the clash was the largest battle in the country since coalition forces toppled Saddam Hussein's government last spring. At least 18 of the attackers were wounded, the military said, and eight were captured. No American deaths were reported. The soldiers, members of the

News From The Associated Press: 9-11 Victims' Relatives: Extend Probe

2003-11-28T17:11:00.000Z

By LAURENCE ARNOLD Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Victims' relatives who pressed for an independent commission to investigate the Sept. 11 attacks say the panel risks being undercut by the government's failure to cooperate with it. The Family Steering Committee, a group of victim advocates, marked the one-year anniversary of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the

New York Times: Meeting of Iraqi Leaders Gives Lift to U.S. Plan on Power Shift

2003-11-28T14:59:00.000Z

The American plan to transfer power to Iraq regained some momentum on Thursday, after a meeting between two leading Iraqi political figures. Jalal Talabani, the president of the Iraqi Governing Council, traveled to Najaf to confer with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the senior Iraqi cleric who had raised objections to the American plan for indirect elections for a new provisional government.

New York Times: U.S. Plan in Iraq to Shift Control Hits Major Snag

2003-11-27T16:28:00.000Z

The American plan to turn over power in Iraq more quickly was thrown into disarray on Wednesday when the country's most powerful cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made public his opposition to a proposal for indirect elections. Spokesmen for Ayatollah Sistani, who exercises strong influence over Iraq's majority Shiites, said he insisted that the election, planned for June, be a direct

Attacks on GIs in Mosul Rise as Good Will Fades

2003-11-27T16:24:00.000Z

New York Times:Attacks on GIs in Mosul Rise as Good Will Fades Since the Americans came to town seven months ago, the firefighters in this northern Iraqi city have gotten new trucks and new uniforms, American training and salaries 10 times larger than they used to be. But when word came Sunday afternoon that two American soldiers had been shot in the head and killed a block away, the men of Ras

New York Times Op-Ed Contributor: The Three-State Solution for Iraq

2003-11-26T12:02:00.000Z

Full report "The only viable strategy . . . may be to correct the historical defect and move in stages toward a three-state solution: Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center and Shiites in the south. "Almost immediately, this would allow America to put most of its money and troops where they would do the most good quickly — with the Kurds and Shiites. The United States could extricate most of

New York Times Op-Ed Columnist: The Uncivil War

2003-11-26T11:59:00.000Z

Full report: "There's no nice way to explain how the administration uses cooked numbers to sell its tax cuts, or how its arrogance and gullibility led to the current mess in Iraq."

New York Times: Revising Report, Army Denies Throats of 2 GIs Were Cut

2003-11-26T11:55:00.000Z

New York Times: Revising Report, Army Denies Throats of 2 GIs Were Cut "Confusion swirled Monday as a United States military official retracted his earlier report that the throats of two American soldiers had been slashed during an attack on Sunday in the northern city of Mosul. "The official, who said he was receiving his information from written military records, said that the two soldiers

New York Times: A Battle of Words Over War Intelligence

2003-11-22T14:42:00.000Z

A Battle of Words Over War Intelligence Intelligence — or rather bad intelligence — has become an obsession in Washington. Fueled by the growing casualties among American soldiers in Iraq and the administration's failure to find weapons of mass destruction there, the Central Intelligence Agency, Congress, an independent commission and scores of private experts and government analysts have been

New York Times: Divided Over Iran�s Nuclear Programme, Agency Delays Action

2003-11-22T14:35:00.000Z

Divided Over Iran's Nuclear Programme, Agency Delays Action The United States and Europe remain at such loggerheads over how harshly to rebuke Iran for its secret nuclear program that the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Friday delayed the passage of a resolution until at least the middle of next week.

New York Times: Army Is Planning for 100,000 GIs in Iraq Till 2006

2003-11-22T14:33:00.000Z

Army Is Planning for 100,000 GIs in Iraq Till 2006 Army planning for Iraq currently assumes keeping about 100,000 United States troops there through early 2006, a senior Army officer said Friday. The plans reflect the concerns of some Army officials that stabilizing Iraq could be more difficult than originally planned.

Pussy cat, pussy cat

2003-11-19T17:46:00.000Z

Pussy cat, pussy cat Where have you been? I've been up to London to visit the Queen. Pussy Cat, pussy cat What did you there? I frightened George Bush And then Tony Bliar. Composed by Gloria Dallas, November 19, 2003

Few Signs of Infiltration by Foreign Fighters in Iraq

2003-11-19T17:42:00.000Z

New York Times: "The commanding general of the United States Army division that patrols much of Iraq's western borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia said Tuesday that his men had encountered only a handful of foreign fighters trying to sneak into the country to attack American and allied forces. 'I want to underscore that most of the attacks on our forces are by former regime loyalists and

Anti-Bush visit update

2003-11-19T10:23:00.000Z

Wednesday 19th November 1100: Alternative State Procession starting Jubilee Gardens. 1100: School students rally. Parliament Square. 1200: Sambistas Street Party at Central London location. 1300: O-I-L Womens peace picnic. Top end of Trafalgar Sq. 1500: ResistBush Tea Party at Buckingham Palace. Assemble 3pm Victoria Station. For more info see www.resistbush.org Thursday 20th November 1400:

Slain troops' parents could be hard on Bush

2003-11-19T10:16:00.000Z

Reuters: "Reg Keys, whose son Thomas was killed in Iraq, is not on the list of family members of fallen British servicemen invited to meet George W. Bush this week, but he wishes he was: he has a message for the U.S. president. 'I'd love to meet him, but I'd refuse his hand,' he said. 'I'd say: 'I can't shake that hand. It's stained with the blood of my son.''"

washingtonpost.com: CIA Finds No Evidence Hussein Sought to Arm Terrorists

2003-11-19T10:11:00.000Z

washingtonpost.com: CIA Finds No Evidence Hussein Sought to Arm Terrorists: "The CIA's search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has found no evidence that former president Saddam Hussein tried to transfer chemical or biological technology or weapons to terrorists, according to a military and intelligence expert. Anthony Cordesman, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and

Nukes option by U.S. in Korea -- The Washington Times

2003-11-19T10:05:00.000Z

Nukes option by U.S. in Korea -- The Washington Times: "The United States is committed to defending South Korea from an attack by the North and would use nuclear forces if needed, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told the government here yesterday. "

CIA has a bleak analysis of Iraq

2003-11-13T08:06:00.000Z

Philadelphia Enquirer: CIA has a bleak analysis of Iraq: "A new, top-secret CIA report from Iraq warns that growing numbers of Iraqis are concluding the U.S.-led coalition can be defeated and are supporting the insurgents."