[Media-watch] Fwd: 06/17/03 ICH News

Wed Jun 18 09:48:13 BST 2003

Hello there!
I am new here thus I don't know whether this is
interesting for you guys and girls from the list - 
Information Clearing House - check it out for some
very interesting articles!
(Have a look at Weinberger's short analysis of Bush's
administration politics "What is happening in America"
first published in 'Vorwärts' 8.6.03)
Best wishes
Sigi
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> A Must Read: What Is Happening in America? 
> This article, one of the best short analyses of the
> Bush administration's policies, was published by
> "Vorwarts," Germany. 
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3807.htm
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> Bush Signs Executive Order Claiming Iraq Oil For
> Himself
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http://www.underreported.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1028&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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> Sharon Has His Own Roadmap 
> A vital new Israeli propaganda strategy document for
> the period following the war in Iraq. 
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3806.htm
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> The Road Map Hoax: Mideast 'Progress' Is An Illusion
> -- We've Been Here Before.
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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=15061
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> Paul Krugman: Dereliction of Duty: 
> " Behind the rhetoric — and behind the veil of
> secrecy, invoked in the name of national security
> but actually used to prevent public scrutiny — lies
> a pattern of neglect, of refusal to take crucial
> actions to protect us from terrorists
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http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3804.htm
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> Fears Over 'Lost' Radioactive Units: 
> Thousands of devices containing radioactive material
> have been lost or stolen worldwide, the auditing arm
> of the United States Congress has warned.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/2997648.stm
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> US soldier killed in Iraq ambush:
>  A U.S. soldier has died after being shot in the
> back by a sniper while on patrol in the lawless
> streets of Baghdad
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http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=3957816
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> Friendly Fire Kills US Marine in Iraq: 
> A U.S. Marine from the 1st Marine Expeditionary
> Force died at approximately 8:45 p.m. in An Najaf
> June 15 as a result of a non-hostile gunshot wound.
>
http://www.centcom.mil/CENTCOMNews/news_release.asp?NewsRelease=20030657.txt
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> Tensions Rise in Central Iraq as U.S. Raids Homes : 
> Local Gunfire Targets Occupying Troops; Two
> Explosions in Baghdad Cause Civilian Casualties
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2521-2003Jun16.html?nav=hptop_tb
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> Attacks On US Military Convoys Injure Four
> Americans: 
> Ambushers fired rocket-propelled grenades at two
> U.S. military convoys Sunday, in separate attacks.
>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/06/16/international0839EDT0491.DTL
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> U.S. Colonel Unaware of al-Qaida Arrests: T
> he commander of a brigade that U.S. Central Command
> said captured 74 suspected al-Qaida sympathizers
> said Monday that he had no knowledge of any such
> arrests.
> http://www.prisonplanet.com/061603war1.html
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> Iraq Occupation Has Deadly Toll for US: 
> Fifty-six US troops have died in Iraq since the fall
> of Tikrit nearly nine weeks ago, and the majority of
> those deaths have come in the past six weeks.
>
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/167/nation/Iraq_occupation_has_deadly_toll_for_US+.shtml
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> British Official Warns Of Chaos In Iraq: 
> In the face of growing hostility from pro-Saddam
> Hussein militias, one defence source told The Times
> that the 17,000-strong force of British soldiers in
> Iraq may have to stay in place for as long as four
> years.
>
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=416276
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> Massive US Operation to Uproot Iraqi Resistance
> Yields Nearly Nil: 
> Families of those arrested warned resistance would
> only intensify.
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http://www.albawaba.com/news/index.php3?sid=251871&lang=e&dir=news
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> Robin Cook, "It Is Now Clear That Saddam Hussein Did
> Not Represent A 'Clear And Serious Threat'".
>
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Politics/iraq/story/0,12956,979260,00.html
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> MI6 Told Ministers Saddam Posed 'No Immediate
> Threat'
>
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=416351
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> Second intelligence report: "No Reliable
> Information" Iraqis Stockpiling Chemical Weapons: 
> The Defense Intelligence Agency issued a report
> stating that there was "no reliable information"
> showing that Iraq was actually producing or
> stockpiling chemical weapons.
> http://www.usnews.com/usnews/usinfo/press/intell.htm
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> US Intelligence On Iraqi Weapons Rubbish Says MP: 
> "Well when you relying totally on America I think
> it's a bit of an oxymoron - American intelligence"
>
http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-17jun2003-40.htm
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> White House, CIA Trade Blows Over Pre-War Intel:
>  "The CIA conducted more than 20 briefings on the
> Hill and elsewhere in the run-up to the war and in
> none of those did we offer up the yellowcake
> allegations."
>
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/World/iraq030616_uranium.html
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> The War Built On A Lie: 
> Why mince words? These are the facts: 1) President
> George W. Bush is a liar. 2) Secretary of State
> Colin Powell is a liar. 3) Secretary of Defense
> Donald Rumsfeld is a liar. 4) National Security
> Advisor Condoleezza Rice is a liar.
>
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/06/16/hsorensen.DTL
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> How The Battle Lies Were Drawn: 
> Tony Blair has never allowed the facts to get in the
> way of a good war.
> http://www.antiwar.com/spectator/spec15.html
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> WMD and the Sleeping Giant: 
> So, there may not be WMD after all...why is anyone
> surprised? Whenever the U.S. has needed a pretext
> for military intervention, it has fabricated or
> provoked it.
>
http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=20&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
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> US Has Descended Into Madness:
>  Britain must distance itself from America. I wrote
> recently that Blair has sold our country to America
> without our consent. I now think it is worse; he
> didn’t charge for this delivery of our future into
> the hands of George Bush. He gave us away.
>
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_17-6-2003_pg4_8
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> US Clouds Iraqi Civilian Deaths: 
> Americans should be shocked that journalists are
> piecing together a history of the war that our
> military is trying to bury with the bodies.
>
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/164/oped/US_clouds_Iraqi_civilian_deaths+.shtml
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> Scramble for Africa: 
> The goal is to take the Saudi hand off the spare oil
> capacity spigot,"
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,11319,979053,00.html
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> How An Earlier "Patriot Act" Law Brought Down A
> President: 
> Many Americans are suggesting that the Patriot Act
> is totally new in the experience of America and may
> spell the end of both democracy and the Bill of
> Rights. History, however, shows another view, which
> offers us both warnings and hope.
>
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3802.htm
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> Inmates Released from Guantánamo Tell Tales of
> Despair: 
> Afghans and Pakistanis who were detained for many
> months in Cuba before being released without charges
> are describing the conditions as so desperate that
> some captives tried to kill themselves.
>
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3803.htm
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> One-Third Of Black Men Between 20 And 34 Are Behind
> Bars:
> The United States stands alone as the planet's
> prison camp. This country has the world's highest
> rate of incarceration and more than 2 million people
> behind bars.
>
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1317&ncid=742&e=11&u=/030616/228/4ew5j.html
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> Anti-Karzai Pashtun Resistance In The Making:
> Report:
>  Afghanistan is already witnessing re-emergence of
> Jihad.
>
http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-06/16/article11.shtml
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> Deja Vu As Bush Pushed Aside: 
> To close observers of the past two and a half years
> of Sharon's rule, the pattern is all too familiar. 
>
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF17Ak02.html
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> Hamas Truce Not Enough: Israel Raises the Bar: 
> Israel's Foreign Minister has said his country will
> not accept a ceasefire from Palestinian militant
> groups unless the Palestinian Authority then
> dismantles them.
>
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/06/16/1055615733489.html
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> Children Of Death: 
> In establishing intent, all courts around the world
> act upon a simple principle: a person who carries
> out an action with predictable results is held to
> have intended that result. That is true for this
> campaign, too.
>
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3805.htm
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> Special Forces 'Prepare For Iran Attack' 
> British and American intelligence and special forces
> have been put on alert for a conflict with Iran.
>
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/5343777?source=Evening%20Standard
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> Washington Plays Into Iranian Clerics' Hands
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EF17Ak01.html
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