[Media-watch] Articles from todays Globalecho!

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Head of Haiti’s Electoral Panel Resigns by: Joseph Guyler Delva
The head of a panel organizing elections in Haiti next year to replace ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide has resigned, warning that other panel members were trying to rig the ballot.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2130

Falluja's defiance of a new empire by: Sami Ramadani
It is Bush and Blair, not the Iraqi resistance, who fear free elections 
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2129

Why Israel will not allow Arafat to be buried in Jerusalem by: Chris Marsden
With Yasser Arafat lying in a coma in a French military hospital, his eventual burial place has become an issue of burning political dispute.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2128

US massacres civilians in Fallujah by: Joseph Kay
The world may never know exactly how many Iraqis are being murdered or maimed in Fallujah. The Pentagon does not bother to count its victims and has imposed a regime of strict censorship, abetted by the self-enforcement of the corporate media. However, from the few reports coming out of the besieged city, it is absolutely clear that the basic purpose of the US campaign is to reduce it to rubble, killing and terrorizing as many inhabitants as possible.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2127

In Fallujah, U.S. Declares War on Hospitals, Ambulances by: Brian Dominick
US troops appear to be including the restriction of civilian health care services as a primary objective in the current assault on Fallujah, including the bombing and seizure of clinics and confiscation of ambulances.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2126

The Real Fury of Fallujah by: Pepe Escobar
"The Romans create a desolation and call it peace." - Tacitus
"The enemy has a face. It is Satan’s. He is in Fallujah, and we are going to destroy him." - Colonel Gary Brandl, US Marines 
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2124

Goliath Beats David In Fallujah by: bushpilot
As the reinvasion of Fallujah enters its third day, the USA-led offensive is still facing intense resistance in most parts of the city, despite overwhelming firepower and disproportionate numbers being on the side of the invaders.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2123

French Role in Côte d'Ivoire Questioned by: Thalif Deen (IPS)
France is coming under fire for its heavy-handed action in destroying virtually the entire air force of its former colony Côte d'Ivoire in retaliation for the killings of nine French soldiers and a U.S. aid worker last week.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2122

Springtime for Spooks? by: Jim Lobe (IPS)
The biggest source of speculation about President George W Bush's foreign policy in a second term is if it will continue on the same aggressive trajectory that marked the first or whether, chastened by Iraq, it will be more restrained over the next four years. 
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2121

Secrecy Cloaked During Election Campaign by: William Fisher (IPS)
"It's always a fight to find out what the government doesn't want us to know. It's a fight we're once again losing ... (President Bush) has clamped a lid on public access ... It's not just historians and journalists he wants locked out; it's Congress ... and it's you, the public, and your representatives." 
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2120

Chomsky: Some election comments... by: Noam Chomsky
So the ABB crowd start to surface
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2119

Squeezing jello in Iraq by: Scott Ritter
The much-anticipated US-led offensive to seize the Iraqi city of Falluja from anti-American Iraqi fighters has begun. Meeting resistance that, while stiff at times, was much less than had been anticipated, US Marines and soldiers, accompanied by Iraqi forces loyal to the interim government of Iyad Allawi, have moved into the heart of Falluja. 
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2118

Economy Hurting More Than Violence by: Dahr Jamail (IPS)
Violence is taking a heavy toll in Iraq, but everyday economic difficulties could be hurting people more.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2117

Reporting Arafat Becomes Another Crisis by: Ferry Biedermann (IPS)
Reporting the state of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, or worse, on developments looking at life after Arafat is emerging as another crisis.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2116

Blair has departed from the rule of law, says his former adviser by: Colin Brown
Tony Blair's former senior diplomatic adviser on Europe has accused the Prime Minister, and George Bush, of acting illegally over the war on Iraq.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2115

"Global warming is a conspiracy against America" by: Greenpeace
As a taste of what is to come during a second term with Bush, an advisor to the President on climate issues came out claiming global warming is a myth designed to 'hamper American competitiveness.'

http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2114

How many dead innocent Iraqis is too many? by: Waleed Aly
Surely we have not been reduced to arguing that we are not as bad as terrorists.
http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=2113 
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