Category: 2001-2006

…Without protest, Americans are giving up freedom IN NAZI Germany at this time of year, people freely shopped in large department stores for gifts for family and friends. The streets were full of traffic. It was “business as usual” for most of the citizens. While in the colonial states conquered by the Nazis, and in…

Mark Thomas: If we can start with US foreign policy in relation to Iraq and the War on Terror, what do you think is going on at the moment? by ZMAG

… dubious morality and duplicity of this fight Meanwhile, we are ploughing on to war in Iraq, which has oil, but avoiding war in Korea, which does not have oil

It takes war to avoid the final crisis of capitalism, in this [Leninist] view. – by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

I suppose it’s too much to ask for profundity from Bush when he’s on his way into a coffee shop in Crawford or out giving tours of his ranch, but could the guy prepare a little more before he meets the press?

For the past 50 years the US policy toward North Korea has been proof that most conflicts and wars can be prevented. In light of the last two years under the Bush administration, this history also shows just how inept the Bush White House is when it comes to formulating effective foreign policies that will…

National armies — like the United States military — are not the only people fighting in today’s wars. In fact, the Center for Public Integrity has found at least 90 companies that are providing services normally performed by national military forces — but without any public oversight — have operated in 110 countries worldwide in…

… in friendly fire case .. Two American fighter pilots, charged with manslaughter over a “friendly fire” incident in which four Canadian soldiers died, were routinely forced by the US Air Force to take amphetamines that might have impaired their judgement, their lawyers said yesterday.

..safely destroy its own chemical weapons… In 1991, the Iraqi regime agreed to destroy and stop developing all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles, and to prove to the world it has done so by complying with rigorous inspections. Iraq has broken every aspect of this fundamental pledge. United Nations’ inspections also revealed that…

… in Crowded, Cold Centers.. LOS ANGELES: Hundreds of Muslim men and boys are being subjected to strip searches in freezing, standing room only detention centers in southern California after being arrested for routine visa irregularities, immigration lawyers said on Thursday.