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Q: Sir, support for a possible war is shrinking rapidly in Great Britain. Would the -- two questions. Would the United
States go to war without Great Britain? And two, would the role of the British in an initial assault be scaled back?
Bush, Iraq, Powell, Rumsfeld, Saddaam ...... how did these names come to invade all our conscious and semi-conscious -
thoughts. How did we allow one issue to dominate the globe? With a global media outreach, and almost hegemonistic
influence over many ...
U.S. Air Force images of the MOAB – "Mother Of All Bombs" – being prepared for testing.
Last week, at a Pentagon “town hall” meeting between Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and members of the U.S. armed
forces, someone asked Rumsfeld if the U.S. decides to invade Iraq what would the U.S. do if the situation in North Korea
boils ...
During the Iraq-Iran war, which bled in excess of one million fatalities on both sides from 1980 to 1988, Iraq was
touted as the defender of the Arabs' Eastern Gate from the Persian Horde. The U.S. Reagan administration at the time
realized that, ...
In the United Nations, five countries (called the Permanent Members of the Security Council) can veto a United Nations
resolution. These five are the USA, the UK, France, Russia (USSR before 1990), and China (Taiwan before 1971). This is a
list of resolutions ...
In This Edition: A Nest Of Vipers On Penn. Ave. (And Across The Pacific In The Lodge Too…) - But What Of Our Guardians
In The Fourth Estate? – WHOSE VIPERS? Did George Bush Junior Work For Langley Like His Dad? What Did The Dim Son Do When
He Was AWOL? ...
Dictator Bush and his wimpy quisling suckups at the New York Times, CNN, and Fox have proved that Adolf Hitler's
strategy was right — if you tell a lie enough times it soon becomes the truth in the public mind.
Inside Washington, there's a war going on that is not being covered by anyone. While the Bush administration is
determinably marching to war, buying and strong-arming leaders of friendly nations to go against the democratic will of
their people and ...
Acting Assistant Secretary of State Curtis Struble met with diplomats from Brazil Mexico, Chile, Portugal and Spain, in
Brasilia on Monday to discuss the prospects for an electoral solution to Venezuela's simmering political crisis. A
complex mediation ...
These are hard times we are living in. In recent months, we have more than once heard chilling words and statements. In
his speech to West Point graduating cadets on June 1 2002, the United States president declared: "Our security will
require transforming ...
SCOOP LINKS: A series of links to stories concerning the progress of a US First Circuit Court of Appeals case seeking
to restrain the US Administration from going to war in Iraq. In the latest development the court has surprisingly moved
to hear ...
The Bush administration is about to be successful in breaking Mexico's will by bringing it to heel over Iraq. While Fox
will continue to sweet talk his decision and speak bravely, the fact is that in the end he permitted himself to be
manipulated by Washington.
“The U.S. is working furiously to obtain Security Council votes”, CNN reported today at eleven am Eastern Time.
Throughout the day the word, “lobby” was used many times on cable news to describe US Government efforts to persuade
non-permanent Security ...
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 ...
Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that appears to be responsible for a particular form of Motor Neurone
Disease (MND). MND is an incurable, progressive degeneration of the motor neuro... More...
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08 March 03 - Opposite Sheraton hotel Symonds St., Auckland, as police and protestors face off outside John Howard's
dinner engagement, Reinforcements wait... (C) John Collie
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, ...
Emergency Convergence March 15 to Stop the Countdown Tens of Thousands to March on the White House Against the War
Deadline
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?
Save a few precious minutes for something that can work - Uniting for Peace! Uniting for Peace (UN Resolution 377)
empowers the General Assembly to call up peacekeeping troops when the Security Council is blocked - like it has been for
months. The General ...
William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Remarks at Dickinson College Carlisle,
Pennsylvania February 26, 2003
COLONEL MACHAMER: Good afternoon and welcome to the Washington Foreign Press Center. We're glad to have you here, I
think, for a very important briefing today, and we have some special guests with us for that.
SAUDI ARABIA - The world is getting weird, isn't it? Did anyone else get a creepy sort of "pod people" feeling while
witnessing those journalists stand and present their questions at that White House press conference? Was it scripted and
staged? ...
The National Party has uncovered a document that proves some Maori are taking a deliberate stand to block development.
Now Your Vote Is The Property Of A Private Corporation by Thom Hartmann First Published on Thursday, March 6, 2003 by
CommonDreams.org
"If you don’t stand up for what is right, you deserve what comes your way." -Henry Olonga, Zimbabwe cricketer
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.
When Poppy Bush Said It How It Is Bush Sr. Said In 1996 That War With Iraq `Would Turn Entire Arab World Against Us’ By
Jason Leopold
IRAQ 2-4 Potential Votes/Extending the Deadline/ Clear Standards of Resolution 1441 8-9 Sharing of Information with
Weapons Inspectors 9-11 Dr. Blix s Report to the Security Council/ Items Found by Inspectors 12-15 Disarming Iraq/
Contingency Planning ...