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Lessons of Vietnam The lessons learned by the US military during the Vietnam war and their application to the present wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with particular reference to casualty figures....
Posted: Sun, Sep 19, 2004 1:49pm PDT
The myth of Gandhi and Palestinian reality The recent visit of Mohandas K. Gandhi's grandson, Arun Gandhi, to Palestine has sparked new discussion about the role of nonviolence in the Palestinian struggle for freedom. In a speech before the Palestinian Legislative Council, Gandhi called upon 50,000 Palestinian refugees to march back home en masse from their exile in Jordan, forcing the Israelis to choose between relenting to a wave of people power, or gunning the marchers down in cold blood....
Posted: Sun, Sep 19, 2004 1:07pm PDT
Sharon threatens to kill Arafat Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week made a clear threat to assassinate Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in an interview to mark the Jewish New Year holiday.
Sharon reiterated an earlier threat to expel Arafat from the Palestinian territories at a “convenient” time. But he went on to stress that he saw no difference between Arafat and Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated by Israel in March, and Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, who was killed the following month....
Posted: Sun, Sep 19, 2004 1:01pm PDT
Al-Sadr officials targeted US forces and the Iraqi National Guard have raided the homes of a number of officials affiliated to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad....
Posted: Sun, Sep 19, 2004 10:24am PDT
CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS: DISARM THE THUGS IN HAITI! Paramilitaries used to back ouster of Aristide on Feb.29, 2004 are now in struggle with phony "civil society" faction of coup regime. The ultimate victims continue to be poor Lavalas/Aristide supporters. Waters: ""The United States, France and Canada created this mess, and they have an obligation to clean it up. There can be no democracy in Haiti until these thugs and killers are disarmed."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 8:40pm PDT
One Man's democracy is another man's chains: The untold story of broad overview of February 29, 2004 forced ouster of President Aristide from Haiti, and role played by Washington...for more info go to www.haitiaction.net...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 8:32pm PDT
"Military Has Already Won" Indonesian Election, Says East Timor Action Network As Indonesians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, the
East Timor Action Network (ETAN) stated, "No matter which presidential
candidate prevails, the Indonesian military has already won."...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 7:57pm PDT
Lithuania shuts Chechen rebel site Lithuania has temporarily shut down a website publishing information on the activities of Chechen rebel leaders.
The website - kavkazcenter.com - was apparently used by Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev to claim responsibility for the Russian school siege....
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 3:17pm PDT
Insurgents seize more hostages 
n Iraqi group calling itself Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigades has claimed to have abducted 10 employees from an "American-Turkish" company operating in Iraq.
The group threatened in a videotape obtained by Aljazeera, to kill the captives if the company failed to cease operations and pull out of Iraq within three days....
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 2:22pm PDT
Latest News From Iraqi Bloggers On Sunday, the area was filled with fighting, violence, and blood…this was not the first time, but perhaps the most violent…
Blood…blood…blood… all over the curbstones, the street, the shops, the residential buildings, then the camera lenses of News Agencies.
Al-Arabiya Channel correspondent was killed, Ghaith and other photographers were wounded. Tens of Iraqi civilians were killed and wounded.
American Helicopter planes were hovering, and bombing…the bodies were piling, and nobody could ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 2:19pm PDT
Iraq: Into the abyss The week Iraq's dream of peace fell apart: 300 civilian lives lost; 16 coalition troops killed; 17 foreign hostages killed; three headless corpses found; battles rage in Fallujah, Basra, Hillah and Ramadi; Kofi Annan declares the war illegal; and US shifts $3.4bn from reconstruction to security...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 9:30am PDT
44 killed in US air strikes near Fallujah: health ministry 
A badly wounded Iraqi girl receives medical treatment at a hospital in Fallujah. At least 44 people were killed as US forces continued their relentless strikes against targets allegedly connected to Al-Qaeda-linked extremist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi near Fallujah....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 10:08am PDT
Lebanese slam US double standards regarding Israel's occupations of Lebanon and Palestine Obeid slammed the U.S. Congress' latest call on Syria to withdraw from Lebanon and U.S. criticism of Syria and Lebanon on human rights grounds. "The U.S. Congress would do better to focus on human rights violations in the West Bank and in Iraq."
He said Lebanon was being asked to deal with the issue of the national anti-Israeli resistance without bearing in mind that there is Lebanese land still under Israeli occupation....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 8:32am PDT
US soldier's mother vents fury at Laura Bush A woman wearing a T-shirt with the words "President Bush You Killed My Son" and a picture of a soldier killed in Iraq has been detained after she interrupted a campaign speech by US first lady Laura Bush....
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 11:09pm PDT
Iraqi Kidnapping has Mark of Undercover Police Op - Left Media Catching On, Finally In the eight days since their abduction, pleas for their release have crossed all geographical, religious and cultural lines. The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, Hizbullah, the International Association of Islamic Scholars and several Iraqi resistance groups have all voiced outrage. A resistance group in Falluja said the kidnap suggests collaboration with foreign forces. Yet some voices are conspicuous by their absence: the White House and the office of Allawi. Neither has said a word.
Wh...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 2:08pm PDT
U-Lock bike locks defeatable by ballpoint pen Certain kinds of bicycle U-Locks can be opened using a ball point pen...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 12:04am PDT
NGO Workers Captured In Iraq Last week two Italian NGO workers and two of
their Iraqi co-workers were kidnapped. While details are slim it is believed that the kidnappers may be based in Falluja -- the site of renewed American bombing and counterinsurgency activities. Because of these American military manoeuvors, negotiations for the release of the
NGOers are difficult and Falluja continues to become an expanding graveyard.
Independent journalists who have travelled to the region have confirmed that these people ar...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 7:42pm PDT
Iraq war illegal, says Annan The United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has told the BBC the US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal act that contravened the UN charter....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 7:26pm PDT
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