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President George W. Bush and his foreign-policy team have systematically and knowingly deceived the American people in
order to gain support for an unprovoked attack on Iraq.
One can almost sense a palpable shifting of momentum, from an unrestricted Bush war-juggernaut rolling to its bloody
unfolding to an administration caught between Iraq and a hard place, condemned if it unleashes the dogs of war (imperial
warmonger), condemned ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The last two months have taken a heavy toll on the president's popularity, but
a modest 52% to 46% majority still gives him positive ratings. Two months ago, almost two-thirds of all U.S. adults
(64%) ...
Despite the UN and the Security Council resolutions, war with Iraq is definitely on because US President George Bush
says the millions who protested globally last weekend were irrelevant to his duty to protect America, he is alluding
more and more ...
"To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation
stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war.
On a recent CNN International broadcast, I watched Tom Ridge being interviewed by Wolf Blitzer. Blitzer lobbed softball
questions, picked up the slack and explained the White House position when Ridge was at a loss for words, and then
framed several ...
We know that every argument that is being used to escalate the war against Iraq is a lie. The most ludicrous of them
being the U.S. Government's deep commitment to bring democracy to Iraq.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz undertook a full-fledged lobbying campaign in 1998
to get former President Bill Clinton to start a war with Iraq and topple Saddam Hussein’s regime claiming that the
country posed ...
Mike Moore's record shows that his claim to the moral highground over the Iraqi situation is undermined by his memory
loss, says Progressive deputy leader Matt Robson.
In This Edition: CyberWar – Hypocrites - ACC Letters To The Editor - Self Serving MPs Voting For Prostitution Reform
( YellowTimes.org ) – On Friday, February 14, the Foreign Minister of France, M. de Villepin, gave a remarkable speech
to the U.N. Security Council. The precision and force of reason with which he put France's case concerning Iraq were
nothing ...
People throughout the world have thronged to anti-war demonstrations on February 14-16 in numbers that even protest
organisers thought unimaginable. As Green Left Weekly went to press, it appears, based on conservative estimates, that
more than ...
More new posts from home and abroad. Don't forget to have a look at the Hard News Faith Challenge. Together we can find
a better belief system for both sides of the war on terror ...
1. LUAMANUVAO WINNIE LABAN to the Minister of Transport: What reports has he received on the road toll for 2002?
Mainstream media, talk shows and online columns in the past few weeks have been festooned with the urgent call to
liberate Iraq from dictatorship and install democracy in the region. "Liberating the Iraqi people," we are told makes
for a sound ...
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the
scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road
in Otara and ...
SPCS opposes a Private Member’s Bill in the name of Marc Alexander, a first-term United Future Party MP and party
spokesman on Internal Affairs, which is set down as item number six on the Order Paper for Wednesday 19th February 2003.
United Future ...
1. Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First) to the Minister of Immigration: What were the total numbers of immigrants
that came to New Zealand in the 2001 calendar year and the 2002 calendar year?
Good Morning everyone, and welcome to the monthly press conference. Obviously I will take questions on any issues you
want to raise, but there is no point in denying that the issue that is dominating people's minds at the moment is the
issue of Iraq ...
A lack of Act votes in Parliament this week appeared to contravene a ruling by the Speaker of the House, Tukituki MP
Rick Barker said today following Parliament’s general debate.
MP’s conscience vote on Tim Barnett’s private members bill to decriminalise prostitution has almost spilt parliament
evenly.
Memo To Talk-Show Bookers: If You Want A Genuine Opponent Of Bush’s Iraq Policy, Steer Clear Of Clinton And His
Foreign-Policy Team By Dennis Hans
Imagine you wake up from a coma and you learn that 11 months ago, an "Attack on America" destroyed some significant
buildings, killed 3,000 people and forced a war against terrorism. You switch on the news and see pictures of
Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, ...
"Doc, I have this searing pain in my neck, my eyes are burning and my gums are bleeding. I'm afraid of the dark - I feel
as if there is always someone lurking around the corner."
United Nations inspectors will carry on with their work until the Security Council decides otherwise, Secretary-General
Kofi Annan said today in Rome, stressing that there is no time limit in the Council's resolutions and that a debate is
going on ...
Assessors contracted by ACC are not providing claimants with a fair assessment of their injury and vocational ability,
thus limiting the assistance provided by the Corporation.
When the Bush administration took office international diplomacy received an injection of power politics. Beginning with
the declaration that North Korea, Iran and Iraq comprised an "axis of evil," and culminating in the current aggression
toward Baghdad, ...
New appointee to SEC lauded by Wall Street. Not only does he have close ties to the Bush family in several different
ways (employed by them, educated at Yale with them), but he also worked under Henry Kissinger in the Nixon State Dept.
during Watergate.
To what extent do the nature and scope of the threat justify the recourse to force? Use of force can only be a final
recourse. Why go to war if there still exists an unused space in resolution 1441?