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War Profiteering
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, UN Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
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"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
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For The Week Ending Jan. 30, 2004
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Interview with Ronald Bruce St John,
On the same day that 100,000 Iraqi Shiites protested in the streets of Baghdad demanding direct elections, the U.S. administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, met with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan to ask for U.N. assistance in organizing the electoral process there. The U.S. had agreed in November to hold regional indirect caucus elections leading to a transfer of power to an Iraqi provisional government by June 30. But Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the most powerful leader of Iraq's Shiite majority, has rejected the U.S. plan in favor of direct elections in which Shiite candidates would be expected to do well.
The Jan. 18 suicide bombing at the gates of the U.S. authority's headquarters in Baghdad, killing 24, was a blunt reminder of the violence and instability that led to the United Nation's departure from Iraq in October after a bomb took the lives of 22 U.N. workers in August. Although Secretary General Annan signaled his willingness to send a small team of advisors to Iraq to assess the feasibility of direct elections, he has expressed concern about security and that any future U.N. role in Iraq does not merely serve as window dressing legitimizing the Bush administration's plans.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Middle East commentator Ronald Bruce St John, who examines the U.S. timetable for Iraqi elections and the plans' relationship to President Bush's re-election campaign.
Middle East commentator Ronald Bruce St John is author of "Libya and the United States: Two Centuries of Strife." Read his article, "In Iraq, Timing is Everything," at the Foreign Policy in Focus website at www.fpif.org
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 White House Moon and MarsExploration Initiative Masks Drive for Military Dominance of Space
Interview with Bruce Gagnon,
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Gagnon has worked on space issues for the past 19 years and was organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign, an effort to stop the launch of 72 pounds of plutonium into space onboard a satellite in 1997. Though ultimately unsuccessful, the campaign attracted worldwide attention and support. Gagnon discusses the Bush administration's space proposal, how much it will likely cost, where the funds will come from and who stands to profit. He also lays out his hope for the world community to take space exploration in a different direction. Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. His group can be reached at (207) 729-0517 or visit their website at www.space4peace.org Related links:
Report Documents African-Americans' Loss of Ground in Economic and Health Status
Interview with Meizhu Lui,
The report finds that although the struggle for civil rights won significant battles for equal access to the ballot box and accommodations during the 1960s, African Americans have actually lost ground in some key areas in the intervening years. But even in areas such as education, home ownership and poverty where progress has been made, the positive trend has been so slow it would take decades or centuries to close the gap with White America. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Meizhu Lui, executive director of United For a Fair Economy, one of four co-authors of the report. She discusses the continuing gaps in the health and economic status of Americans along the color line. Obtain a copy of the report "The State of the Dream 2004: Enduring Disparities Between Black and White" by visiting the group's website at www.faireconomy.org or call them at (617) 423-2148.
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