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posted by admin
on Monday June 02, @08:37AM
 
from the zmag.org dept.
Noam Chomsky interviewed on the Amsterdam Forum
by Noam Chomsky; Amsterdam Forum; June 02, 2003
ANDY CLARK
zmag.org
Hello and welcome to Amsterdam Forum - Radio Netherlands' interactive discussion programme.
Today a special edition featuring the world-famous author and political activist Noam Chomsky.
Professor Chomsky, once described by the New York Times as arguably the most important intellectual alive, is an outspoken critic of US foreign policy. He says, following the war in Iraq, the US is seeking to dominate the world by force, a dimension in which it rules supreme. And he warns this policy will lead to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terror attacks based on a loathing of the US administration. He says the very survival of the species may be at stake.
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posted by admin
on Thursday May 22, @04:30PM
from the guardian.co.uk dept.
Fiachra Gibbons, arts correspondent, in Cannes
Friday May 23, 2003
The Guardian
Robert McNamara, the US defence secretary during the Cuban missile crisis and the first phases of the Vietnam war, has warned of the folly of American involvement in Iraq.
Mr McNamara, a hate figure to the anti-war movement in the 1960s, who rarely airs his views in public, delivered the shot across the bows of the Bush administration in the documentary The Fog Of War, which has been premiered at the Cannes film festival.
"If we can't persuade our allies and other comparable nations, we had better examine our reasoning," he said. "What makes us omniscient? Have we ever displayed omniscience before?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk
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posted by admin
on Tuesday May 06, @04:56AM
from the news.independent.co.uk dept.
UPDATED: May
06, 2003 - 1:38 pm
America is refocusing its North Korea policies to concentrate on blocking the export of nuclear weapons materials by Pyongyang – a tacit admission that Washington can realistically do little to prevent their manufacture.
The shift in position, which emerged after talks between President George Bush and John Howard, the Australian Prime Minister, in Texas at the weekend, came as the US and the secretive Communist state jockeyed over a deal to shut down the North's clandestine weapons programmes.
Talks last month in Beijing ended inconclusively after Pyongyang demanded massive economic aid and a written security guarantee from Washington in return for scrapping its nuclear activities. Yesterday the North demanded a response to the "bold proposal" it outlined to James Kelly, the chief State Department negotiator to Korea. US officials said Pyongyang told Mr Kelly that it possessed nuclear weapons and threatened to use or export them if Washington did not make concessions.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=403574
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posted by admin
on Sunday May 04, @04:33PM
from the reuters.com dept.
Bush Vows to Strike Enemies First in Terror War
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush proclaimed victory in Iraq on Saturday but said the war on terror was far from over and vowed to hunt down America's enemies before they could strike.
"The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that still goes on," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "The scattered cells of the terrorist networks still operate in many nations and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people."
In an apparent warning to North Korea, Iran, Syria and other countries accused by Washington of helping terrorists or pursuing weapons of mass destruction, Bush said the United States would not stand idly by in the face of serious danger from the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical arms.
"Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend our homeland and, more importantly, we will continue to hunt the enemy down before he can strike," Bush said.
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posted by admin
on Wednesday April 30, @08:41PM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.
Officials Fear Debate Provides Platform for Policy Foes
UNITED NATIONS, April 30 -- The Bush administration has stepped up efforts at the United Nations to stifle criticism of U.S. policies in Iraq, Afghanistan and other foreign countries, according to confidential U.S. diplomatic communications and senior U.N. diplomats.
At the height of the conflict in Iraq, the administration successfully blocked debate in the U.N. General Assembly on an Arab-sponsored resolution criticizing the war. Earlier this month, it sought to restrict discussion of human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is currently trying to derail an initiative by the president of the General Assembly to establish a forum to openly debate current foreign policy issues.
The administration's effort reflects concern among some U.S. officials that the United Nations may emerge as a major platform for dissent against U.S. foreign policy at a time when the United States is expanding its global military reach to prosecute a war on terrorism. The administration's campaign has included public rebukes of senior U.N. officials, including Secretary General Kofi Annan, who criticize American policies.
U.S. officials say there is no orchestrated campaign to censor debate at the United Nations. They say they are simply vigorously defending U.S. policy and seeking to head off attempts by U.N. officials who, they say, have abused their offices to pursue an anti-American line at the United Nations.
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posted by nmb
on Saturday April 26, @05:53PM
from the dept.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1395.shtml
25 April 2003
"...The Electronic Intifada has obtained, and today publishes in full, a document prepared for pro-Israel activists by the public relations firm The Luntz Research Companies and The Israel Project. The document spells out the tactics that Israel and its US advocates should use to maintain support for Israel and its hardline policies.
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posted by NYC
on Friday April 25, @11:53AM
from the North-Korea dept.
Sydney Morning Herald, April 25, 2003
As the second day of talks wrapped up, Pyongyang said the situation on the peninsula was "so tense that a war may break out any moment due to the US moves".
US Secretary of State Colin Powell said that three-way talks between North Korea, China and the United States had ended a day earlier than expected and warned Pyongyang that Washington would not respond to threats.
Mr. Powell said the talks had "concluded" and that while US and Chinese officials might hold talks on Friday, the North Korean involvement was over. Three days of talks, from April 23 to 25 had been scheduled initially. Continued
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posted by NYC
on Thursday April 24, @05:04PM
from the North-Korea dept.
North Korea Says It Has Nuclear Arms
At Talks With U.S., Pyongyang Threatens 'Demonstration' or Export of Weapon
By Glenn Kessler, Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 25, 2003; Page A01
North Korean negotiators have told U.S. officials in Beijing that the communist nation has nuclear weapons and threatened to export them or conduct a "physical demonstration," U.S. officials said yesterday.
Pyongyang has never before said it had nuclear weapons, though the CIA has estimated it has produced one or possibly two devices. North Korea's unexpected declaration is certain to alarm its neighbors and heighten the crisis atmosphere over its nuclear ambitions. Continued.
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posted by NYC
on Thursday April 24, @04:57PM
from the North-Korea dept.
The Straits Times
WASHINGTON -- North Korea's lead official at nuclear weapons talks in China acknowledged to a US envoy that his country has nuclear weapons and said whether Pyongyang tests, exports or uses its bombs depends on US actions, a senior US official said on Thursday.
The comment was made by North Korean delegate Ri Gun to Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly during a social gathering on Wednesday after formal discussions on the North's nuclear weapons programme. Continued.
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posted by admin
on Thursday April 24, @06:45AM
from the cnn.com dept.
Is He Playin With A Full Deck?
Sources: N. Korea admits having nuclear weapons
Senior administration source: Pyongyang threatens tests
Thursday, April 24, 2003 Posted: 1:55 PM EDT (1755 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sources close to the U.S. talks with North Korea and China
told CNN Thursday that North Korea has admitted to having nuclear weapons and
threatened to test them in the near future.
Deputy Director General Li Gun, Pyongyang's representative to the talks, made a "blatant and bold" announcement that his country had nuclear weapons, and asked U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs James Kelly, "What are you going to do about it?" a source told CNN.
One official said Li said Pyongyang would consider dismantling its nuclear weapons program if the United States signed a written security statement promising not to attack North Korea. Li said, however, it was not possible to dismantle a nuclear weapon.
http://cnn.com
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posted by admin
on Wednesday April 16, @01:19AM
from the news.com.au dept.
Time to load up on ARMS Shares
The Carlyle Group Must be Psyched!
US arrogance 'the big danger'
France, Germany, and Russia have already talked about forming their own defense alliance, China and Russia have a pact, and now the rest of Europe is starting to talk about arming themselves:
GREEK Defence Minister Yiannos Papantoniou, whose country holds the EU presidency, has said a new wave of US arrogance is the "principal danger" after the Iraq war.
"This victory ... of the United States could lead to a new wave of arrogance or arrogant behaviour with new unilateral interventions," he said in a TV interview.
"That's the principal danger because if there is no international supervision on these interventions, this could lead to a world of chaos and, I would say, to the law of the jungle."
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"If Europe ... is not strengthened economically and militarily and united politically, the Americans are condemned to have this sense of superior power and arrogance." (Emphasis added)
Currently, the US spends more on armaments -- I won't call it 'defense' spending, since that is clearly no longer a correct term -- than the rest of the world combined. That isn't going to be true for much longer, apparently.
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6287056%255E25778,00.html
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posted by admin
on Sunday April 13, @07:40PM
from the independent.co.uk dept.
Regime Change Begins At Home
Eagleburger: "Impeach Bush as soon as he goes into Syria & Iran"
US warns Syria not to provide haven for wanted Iraqis
By Ben Russell, Political Correspondent
14 April 2003
Syria faced renewed warnings from America yesterday not to provide safe haven for senior figures in Saddam Hussein's regime.
Colin Powell, the Secretary of State, increased the diplomatic pressure on Damascus while Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defence, extended his rhetoric against the Syrians, insisting that "there's no question" that some senior Iraqi leaders had fled to Syria. "We certainly are hopeful Syria will not become a haven for war criminals or terrorists," Mr Rumsfeld said.
President George Bush added to the pressure, saying: "Syria just needs to co-operate with the United States and our coalition partners, not harbour any Baathists, any military officials, any people who need to be held to account."
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Lawrence Eagleburger, who was US Secretary of State under George Bush Snr, told the BBC: "If George Bush decided he was going to turn the troops loose on Syria and Iran after that he would last in office for about 15 minutes.In fact if President Bush were to try that now even I would think that he ought to be impeached. You can't get away with that sort of thing in this democracy."
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=397011
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posted by admin
on Saturday April 12, @10:24PM
from the observer.co.uk dept.
Looks Like Everything is Going According to - Sharons - Plan
US Pledged to Tackle Hizbollah & Syrian Regime
Sunday April 13, 2003 - The Observer
The United States has pledged to tackle the Syrian-backed Hizbollah group in the next phase of its 'war on terror' in a move which could threaten military action against President Bashar Assad's regime in Damascus. The move is part of Washington's efforts to persuade Israel to support a new peace settlement with the Palestinians. Washington has promised Israel that it will take 'all effective action' to cut off Syria's support for Hizbollah - implying a military strike if necessary, sources in the Bush administration have told The Observer .
Hizbollah is a Shia Muslim organisation based in Lebanon, whose fighters have attacked northern Israeli settlements and harassed occupying Israeli troops to the point of forcing an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon three years ago.
The new US undertaking to Israel to deal with Hizbollah via its Syrian sponsors has been made over recent days during meetings between administration officials and Israeli diplomats in Washington, and Americans talking to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in Jerusalem. It would be part of a deal designed to entice Israel into the so-called road map to peace package that would involve the Jewish state pulling out of the Palestinian West Bank, occupied since 1967.
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,935943,00.html
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posted by admin
on Friday April 11, @12:37AM
from the upi.com dept.
Saddam's long time friends in the U.S. Gov. and the C.I.A. Look Back On the
good ole days.
UPI-Exclusive: Saddam key in early CIA plot
U.S. forces in Baghdad might now be searching high and low for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but in the past Saddam was seen by U.S. intelligence services as a bulwark of anti-communism and they used him as their instrument for more than 40 years, according to former U.S. intelligence diplomats and intelligence officials.
United Press International has interviewed almost a dozen former U.S. diplomats, British scholars and former U.S. intelligence officials to piece together the following account. The CIA declined to comment on the report.
While many have thought that Saddam first became involved with U.S. intelligence agencies at the start of the September 1980 Iran-Iraq war, his first contacts with U.S. officials date back to 1959, when he was part of a CIA-authorized six-man squad tasked with assassinating then Iraqi Prime Minister Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim.
In July 1958, Qasim had overthrown the Iraqi monarchy in what one former U.S. diplomat, who asked not to be identified, described as "a horrible orgy of bloodshed."
According to current and former U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Iraq was then regarded as a key buffer and strategic asset in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. For example, in the mid-1950s, Iraq was quick to join the anti-Soviet Baghdad Pact which was to defend the region and whose members included Turkey, Britain, Iran and Pakistan.
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030410-070214-6557r
CNN shilled for Saddam
CNN in todays NY Times admits they protected Saddams reputation
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/11/opinion/11JORD.html
While last October they claimed to be honest
http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts_102502_jordan.html
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posted by admin
on Wednesday April 09, @01:14PM
from the story.news.yahoo.com dept.
What Lesson Has The World Been Taught?
Arm yourself with WMD... QUICK!
US tell Iran, Syria and N. Korea, "Learn from Iraq"
http://story.news.yahoo.com
ROME
(Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday warned countries it has accused
of pursuing weapons of mass destruction, including Iran, Syria and North Korea
(news - web sites), to "draw the appropriate lesson from Iraq (news
- web sites)."
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