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  • An Appeal by 365 Korean Organizations to the Iraqi Group Holding a Korean National
    24 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    We appeal for the release of the Korean national KIM Seon Il
    Today the Korean people were overcome with shock at the news the Korean KIM Seon Il has been kidnapped in Iraq. His seizure and the threat against the life of this private citizen is already a source of unspeakable sadness for his family and the Korean people. This sadness and shock is the same for the many Koreans who have opposed the United States’ unjust invasion and the deployment of Korean troops to Iraq. The Korean people (…)

  • WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED! Protest June 30 In front of Madison Square Garden
    23 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    No to fake sovereignty — Bring the troops home now
    Defend your right to protest at the Republican National Convention (RNC) NO PERMITS, NO PEACE!
    Wednesday, June 30, 5 p.m. In front of Madison Square Garden Eighth Ave. & 32nd St., Manhattan
    On June 30, there will be demonstrations in many cities and countries on the day of the so-called "turnover of sovereignty" in Iraq. The only real turnover of power on June 30 will be from outgoing U.S. dictator L. Paul Bremer to incoming U.S. (…)

  • Eiffel Tower unplugged by worker protest
    20 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    PARIS: French power workers who cut off the electricity at the Eiffel Tower for a few minutes overnight have pursued a commando-style battle against privatisation by restoring supplies to homes with unpaid bills.
    Electricite de France, the state-owned utility slated for partial privatisation, said it was planning legal action after workers led by the CGT trade union briefly cut power supplies to shops and homes around the famous Champs Elysee avenue.
    CGT union officials said that the (…)

  • OP-ED: Sharon’s ‘Palestinian state’
    19 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Uri Avnery
    The walled enclaves will lead, of course, to bloodshed on an unbelievable scale. No people on earth will submit to such a life. For thousands and thousands of young Palestinians, a martyr’s death will be preferable
    I thought it was terrible. I was wrong. It is far, far worse! These words sum up my feelings at that moment.
    I was standing on a hill overlooking the infamous Kalandia checkpoint. Below me was a narrow road, packed with Palestinians in the (…)

  • Al Qaeda Beheads Paul Johnson, the U.S. Hostage in Saudi Arabia
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Ghaida Ghantous
    Al Qaeda militants beheaded U.S. engineer Paul Johnson, who had been held hostage since last week, after the Saudi government failed to meet a Friday deadline for it to free jailed militants.
    The group loyal to Saudi-born Osama bin Laden displayed his severed head in pictures posted on its Islamist Web site Sawt al-Jihad. A Saudi Web site, al Wifaq, said Marshall’s body was found in the Mowansiyah area, east of the capital Riyadh.
    The U.S. embassy (…)

  • Robert Fisk : Iraq, 1917
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Robert Fisk
    They came as liberators but were met by fierce resistance outside Baghdad. Humiliating treatment of prisoners and heavy-handed action in Najaf and Fallujah further alienated the local population. A planned handover of power proved unworkable. Britain’s 1917 occupation of Iraq holds uncanny parallels with today - and if we want to know what will happen there next, we need only turn to our history books...
    On the eve of our "handover" of "full sovereignty" to (…)

  • Should President Bush Be Impeached?
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Democracy Now!
    Attorney John Bonifaz argues the president has commited high crimes by lying to the American public and Congress about Iraq in the lead-up to the invasion. He makes his case in the new book “Warrior-King: The Case For Impeaching George W. Bush." [Includes transcript]
    Next Tuesday on June 22nd, former President Bill Clinton’s much-anticipated memoir, “My Life” will hit bookstores. The 1,000-page book is expected to soar to the top of the best-seller lists (…)

  • Baghdad
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Naomi Klein
    In Baghdad, every encounter we had was a bit like going through customs.
    "American?" was the inevitable first question.
    "No, no, Canadian," our over-eager reply.
    Sometimes our word wasn’t good enough and our interrogators wanted proof.
    We’d pull out our passports for inspection.
    On their faces, you could often see a cloud of rage pass over. Women would sometimes let themselves smile. Kids would stop acting like mini-commandos and run off and play. (…)

  • How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by NORM DIXON
    On August 18, 2002, the New York Times carried a front-page story headlined, "Officers say U.S. aided Iraq despite the use of gas". Quoting anonymous US "senior military officers", the NYT "revealed" that in the 1980s, the administration of US President Ronald Reagan covertly provided "critical battle planning assistance at a time when American intelligence knew that Iraqi commanders would employ chemical weapons in waging the decisive battles of the Iran-Iraq (…)

  • No Evidence of Meeting With Iraqi
    18 June 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By JAMES RISEN
    A report of a clandestine meeting in Prague between Mohammed Atta and an Iraqi intelligence officer first surfaced shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. And even though serious doubt was cast on the report, it was repeatedly cited by some Bush administration officials and others as evidence of a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq.
    But on Wednesday, the Sept. 11 commission said its investigation had found that the meeting never took place.
    In its report on the (…)