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News :: Elections & Legislation : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Iraq : Regime |
Two Years Before 9/11, Candidate Bush was Already Talking Privately About Attacking Iraq, According to His Former Ghost Writer |
by Russ Baker (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 28 Oct 2004
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"He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999," said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. "It was on his mind. He said to me: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.' Republicans, Herskowitz said, felt that Jimmy Carter's political downfall could be attributed largely to his failure to wage a war. He noted that President Reagan and President Bush's father himself had (besides the narrowly-focused Gulf War I) successfully waged limited wars against tiny opponents - Grenada and Panama - and gained politically. But there were successful small wars, and then there were quagmires, and apparently George H.W. Bush and his son did not see eye to eye. |
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Review :: International Relations |
10/28 UNRWA Gaza Field Assessment of IOF Operation 'Days of Penitence' |
by Bakka (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 28 Oct 2004
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"This report summarizes the preliminary findings of UNRWA's field assessment of 16 October 2004, in the form of general data and a sector-by-sector review .." |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Latin America : Media |
IAPA: Press under siege in Latin America, U.S. |
by Scott Edwards scottisimo (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
Current rating: 0 28 Oct 2004
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The following is a summary of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Committee on Freedom of Press and Information by Mark Fitzgerald of "Editor and Publisher". |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : International Relations : Iraq : Peace : Political-Economy |
Q&A: Private Military Contractors and the Law |
by Scott Edwards scottisimo (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
Current rating: 0 27 Oct 2004
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Some basic info about the legal status of the world's new private, for-profit, militaries. Courtesy of HRW. |
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A Nation Deceived |
by Andrew Bard Schmookler (No verified email address) |
Current rating: 0 27 Oct 2004
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It is when people do not think critically that they are most manipulable, and fear is but one force that has eroded America's capacity for critical thought. |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Education : Protest Activity |
Nov. 10th Rally Against the "Chief" |
by Jen Tayabji tayabji (nospam) shout.net (verified) |
Current rating: 0 27 Oct 2004
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Rally Against the "Chief"
Nov. 10th at 6pm
South Patio of the UIUC Student Union
Sponsored by the PRC |
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