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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Arresting Times, But On Whose Orders? - 30th May,
04<BR>The arrest of Abu Hamza disproves any wild ideas that Tony Blair is his
own boss<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=407<BR><BR>The
handover that became a shambles: ten U-turns on the road to 'peace' - 30th May,
04<BR>The appointment of an interim Prime Minister who used to work for the CIA
is one of a series of disastrous policy changes by the
US.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=406<BR><BR>58 nations call
for more say - 30th May, 04<BR>European and Latin American leaders at a summit
in Mexico have condemned the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers and called
for greater multilateral decision-making in world affairs.<BR>"We firmly condemn
all forms of abuse, torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of
persons, including prisoners of war, wherever they occur," said a final
declaration adopted by 58 leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the
Caribbean.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=405<BR><BR>Kuwaiti
Islamic Bank Floating - 30th May, 04<BR>Wherever a new bank is being established
there is the relevant question of where the float capital is coming from.
Although this report suggests that much of it is coming from a social security
fund, plus public subscriptions, we would expect a substantial capital block is
already pre-sold to the traditional sources of bank capital, to ensure that it
becomes part of the international bank network.
<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=404<BR><BR>Siege Heil: The
Bush-Rove-Schwarzenegger Nazi Nexus and the Destabilization of California - 30th
May, 04<BR>George W. Bush's grandfather helped finance the Nazi Party. Karl
Rove's grandfather allegedly helped run the Nazi Party, and helped build the
Birkenau Death Camp. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian father volunteered for the
infamous Nazi SA and became a ranking officer. Why are we not taking these
family histories, these old family ties more seriously? The prominent junior
members of these families are presently doing some serious damage of their own,
what will they do
next?<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=403<BR><BR>'Peace Now'
Under Investigation for Espionage Activities - 30th May, 04<BR>The left-wing
"Peace Now" organization is being investigated after conducting aerial
surveillance of Jewish communities and army bases in Jerusalem, Yesha (Judea,
Samaria and Gaza), and the Golan.
<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=402<BR><BR>Kurdish rebels to
end Turkey truce - 30th May, 04<BR>Separatist Kurdish guerrillas have declared
an end to their five-year ceasefire with Turkey, a news agency close to the
rebels
says.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=401<BR><BR>D(isinformation)
Day: 60 Years is Enough - 30th May, 04<BR>June 6, 2004 marks 60 years since the
fabled Allied invasion known as “D-Day.” Lost amid the self-congratulatory orgy
is the minor detail that by the time of the D-Day invasion, the Soviets were
engaging 80 percent of the German Army on the Eastern Front. Oops…
<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=400<BR><BR>The Americans have
lost control of almost the entire country - 30th May, 04<BR>America’s
neoconservatives have a lot of explaining to do, and they are trying to do it.
We hear them on our own airwaves. Presumably, their line on American radio and
television is broadly the same. ‘Mr Perle, you are one of those influential
neoconservatives who predicted before the war that the population would be
pro-American. But the whole country seems to be against
us.’<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=399<BR><BR>American
Caligula - 30th May, 04<BR>"Let them hate so long as they fear." - Roman
emperor,
Caligula<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=398<BR><BR>The
Yugoslavian Fairy Tale - 30th May, 04<BR>It is always fascinating to watch the
eagerness with which so-called progressives unquestioningly accept an official
history full of virtuous U.S. officials and villainous savages trying the
patience of the peaceful, law-abiding Great Powers. Case in point: the wars in
the former Yugoslavia, and Stacy Sullivan’s recent account of them in Foreign
Policy In Focus
(http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2004/0402milosevic.html).<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=397<BR><BR>Stacy
Sullivan on Milosevic and Genocide - 30th May, 04<BR>Liberals and much of the
left have been badly bamboozled on recent Yugoslav history and the role of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with former Serbian
President Slobodan Milosevic having been hyper-demonized and the history of the
Balkans rewritten to fit what Lenard Cohen calls the “paradise lost/loathsome
leaders”
paradigm.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=396<BR><BR>Bush
radio speech: Evil is profitable - 30th May, 04<BR>"Here in the Nation's
Capital, Saturday has a special significance as we dedicate the World War II
Memorial in the presence of thousands of veterans of that conflict. When it
mattered most, an entire generation of Americans stepped forward to fight evil
and show the finest qualities of our nation, and of humanity," said Bush today
in his radio
speech.<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=395<BR><BR>Knowing who
we are and why it matters - 30th May, 04<BR>A while back I wrote a piece called
"</FONT><A href="http://www.williambowles.info/ini/ini-0118.html"><U><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff>Listen to your ancestors</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial>" that in part was based upon my experiences of living in Africa for
ten years (before being unceremoniously booted out by my former
'comrades').<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=394<BR><BR>Some
thoughts on UNSCR 1441 and the dubious legality of the invasion of Iraq - 29th
May, 04<BR>This short essay is a collection of my thoughts on the legality of
invading Iraq, specifically in relation to the infamous Resolution 1441. It is
largely the product of various exchanges with posters to Medialens (mostly
trolls). As so many journalist, politicians, bloggers, and the like continue to
appeal to 1441 (frequently distorting it), it seemed useful to collect my
thoughts. I should emphasise that I am not a lawyer but I hope that some people
may find it of use -even if it is decidely old news
now<BR>http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=393<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>