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  • List of UN resolutions that Israel has not complied
    3 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    A list of UN Resolutions against "Israel"
    Here is a list of UN resolutions that Israel has not complied. As far as I know they have ignored every single resolution. But the situation is far worse than would at first appear, it involves the serious distortion of the official Security Council record by the profligate use by the United States of its veto power. (See Table)
    Israel’s, defiance goes back to its very beginnings. This collection of resolutions criticizing Israel is unmatched by (…)

  • Earthrace - Round-the-World biodiesel racing boat
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp?webpage=1317
    NZ’s biodiesel racing boat project aims to break the round the world time for a motorised boat. See link for details.
    http://www.earthrace.net/view.asp?webpage=1317

  • Agent Orange: The Legacy of a Weapon of Mass Destruction, Jeremy Laurance reports from Ho Chi Minh C
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Published on Saturday, April 1, 2006 by the Independent/UK
    Thirty-five years after the US sprayed the jungles of Vietnam with toxic defoliant, thousands of babies are still being born with horrific defects. But unlike the American veterans, no one in the war-ravaged country has received any compensation.
    On a table in the dimly lit room lay a small white bundle, tied with a silver ribbon. With a brilliant smile and a barked order, Professor Nguyen Thi Phuong had directed me to the morgue (…)

  • When is Killing Arab Civilians Considered a Massacre? By OMAR BARGHOUTI, Counterpunch
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    March 29, 2006
    Atrocities By Any Other Name...
    Recent reports from Iraq indicate beyond doubt that the U.S. occupation army has embarked on a new "tactic" from its menu of atrocities, in an attempt to counter the burgeoning Iraqi resistance attacks against its soldiers. "Old-style" massacres of Iraqis have become so commonplace lately that even Iraqi "allies" of the U.S. were forced to unreservedly condemn them.
    Among Western governments, alas, silence prevails. After all, the massacre (…)

  • Leaving Iraq Now is the Only Sensible Solution By RON JACOBS (COUNTERPUNCH)
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    April 1 / 2, 2006
    A Review of Anthony Arnove’s "Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal"
    Coherent. That’s the one word review of Anthony Arnove’s latest book, Iraq:The Logic of Withdrawal. Incoherent. That’s what Washington’s policy in Iraq seems to be. What makes Arnove’s book so important is that he dissects that policy and proves that the war in Iraq is not an incoherent bumble that’s gone awry. In fact, as Arnove makes abundantly clear, it’s US foreign policy as it’s always been. This remains (…)

  • ANTIWAR : War and Protest - the US in Vietnam (1972-1975) BBC
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    "The American movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in US history. During the Johnson administration, it played a significant role in constraining the war and was a major factor in the administration’s policy reversal in 1968. During the Nixon years, it hastened US troop withdrawals, continued to restrain the war, fed the deterioration in US troop morale and discipline (which provided additional impetus to US troop withdrawals), and promoted congressional (…)

  • IRAQ : U.S. Military There are no plans to leave Iraq. By Dahr Jamail
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Mar 15, 2006, 21:21
    Why does the Bush Administration refuse to discuss withdrawing occupation forces from Iraq? Why is Halliburton, who landed the no-bid contracts to construct and maintain US military bases in Iraq, posting higher profits than ever before in its 86-year history?
    Why do these bases in Iraq resemble self-contained cities as much as military outposts?
    Why are we hearing such ludicrous and outrageous statements from the highest ranking military general in the United (…)

  • U.S. Military Soldiers flee to Canada to avoid Iraq duty By Duncan Campbell The Guardian
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Mar 29, 2006, 11:57
    "Mainly, what they discuss is being asked to do things they consider repugnant. Most are quite patriotic ... Many say they feel tricked by the military." Lee Zaslofsky, 61, coordinator of the War Resisters’ Support Campaign in Toronto
    Tuesday March 28, 2006 Hundreds of deserters from the US armed forces have crossed into Canada and are now seeking political refugee status there, arguing that violations of the rules of war in Iraq by the US entitle them to asylum.
    A (…)

  • IRAQ : Food Rations Hurt Poor
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Daud Salman in Baghdad (ICR No. 170, 29-Mar-06)
    March 31, 2006
    A government decision to cut food rations has hurt poor Iraqis who cannot afford high prices on the open market, say economists and Baghdad residents.
    Despite rising poverty, the government has decided to cut the food ration budget from four to three billion US dollars in 2006, as the country shifts from a socialist to a free market economy.
    The Iraqi government has provided subsidies on basic food items such as flour (…)

  • "Israel Lobby" Essay Creates Firestorm in US
    2 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    IslamOnline.net
    CAIRO, March 31, 2006 (IslamOnline.net) - An essay by two prominent American professors challenging the pro-Israel lobby in the United States and its sway over the US foreign policy has created a firestorm, drawing immediate anti-Semitism accusations and scathing criticism, a leading British newspaper reported Friday, March 31.
    "Accusations of powerful Jews behind the scenes are part of the most dangerous traditions of modern anti-Semitism," Jeffrey Herf and Andrei (…)