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  • Baghdad Airport, The Green Zone and Occupation Garrisons 2003
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Sarah Meyer
    April 22, 2006 Index Research and Global Research
    Baghdad Airport, The Green Zone and Occupation Garrisons 2003
    The deliberate obfuscation of permanent bases in Iraq by the US and UK governments illustrates the myth of "freedom of information." Many of the US bases in Iraq already have, or are now building, facilities which will keep the US government - if not the Iraqi people - happy for the foreseeable future.
    US Bases in Iraq will be a researched study of the (…)

  • IRAN : Nuking Iran
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Nuking Iran
    By Jorge Hirsch and Foaad Khosmood
    April 22, 2006 ZNet - 2006-04-10
    Foaad Khosmood: In the April 17 issue of New Yorker Magazine Seymour Hersh has an eye-opening piece that quotes Administration insiders who suggest nuclear war with Iran is a serious option. You had written back in October of 2005 that "The strategic decision by the United States to nuke Iran was probably made long ago." What led you to that conclusion at that time? What do you think of the Hersh piece? (…)

  • Administration’s Nuclear Saber Rattling on Iran Threatens Global Security by Dr. Kurt Gottfried
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Administration’s Nuclear Saber Rattling on Iran Threatens Global Security Statement by Dr. Kurt Gottfried, Chairman, Union of Concerned Scientists
    April 30, 2006 ucsusa.org
    Statement by Dr. Kurt Gottfried, Chairman, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Emeritus Professor of Physics, Cornell University
    "Recent reports suggest that the Bush administration is considering using nuclear weapons against Iran. The very fact that nuclear weapon use is being discussed as an option-against a (…)

  • WHO (World Health Organization) : Life Quality Dramatically Deteriorated for Palestinians
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Development World Health Organization: Life Quality Dramatically Deteriorated for Palestinians Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 28 April 2006
    In order to have a deeper understanding of the social suffering of the Palestinian people under occupation, a pilot Quality of Life study was undertaken by the World Health Organization - West Bank and Gaza and the Bir Zeit Institute of Community and Public Health in cooperation with the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. The (…)

  • IRAQ : Artists become targets in rising atmosphere of intolerance
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

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    Art, Music & Culture Artists become targets in rising atmosphere of intolerance
    Report, IRIN
    25 April 2006
    BAGHDAD - Local artists, actors and singers, who have tried to bring smiles to the faces of children living in deteriorating conditions, have been targeted by insurgents and militias who accuse them of indulging in un-Islamic activities.
    "Artists are being threatened and killed because they want to change the reality of the country by helping people (…)

  • IRAQ : Baghdad ranks last in world for quality of life, survey finds
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

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    Aid & Development For quality of life, Baghdad ranks last in world, survey finds
    Report, IRIN
    11 April 2006
    BAGHDAD, 11 Apr 2006 (IRIN) - Residents of the capital were not surprised by the results of a recent survey that ranked Baghdad as the worst city in the world in terms of the quality of living.
    "We have to admit, this city is getting worse everyday in regard to the quality of life," said Fadia Ibraheem, a senior official at the Ministry of Labour and (…)

  • USA An Interview with the First Arab-American Senator by KEVIN ZEESE
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Jim Abourezk on Bush’s "Unparalleled Mendacity" and the "Complete Sell Out" of the Democrats
    An Interview with the First Arab-American Senator
    By KEVIN ZEESE
    James George Abourezk (born February 24, 1931) was a Democratic United States Representative and United States Senator, and was the first Arab-American to serve in the Senate. He represented South Dakota in the U.S. Senate from 1973 until 1979. Abourezk is of Lebanese descent, and was born in Wood, South Dakota and lived in South (…)

  • The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Published on Saturday, April 29, 2006 by Foreign Policy in Focus The United States, Israel, and the Possible Attack on Iran by Stephen Zunes
    With even mainstream media outlets like the Washington Post and The New Yorker publishing credible stories that the United States is seriously planning a military attack on Iran, increasing numbers of Americans are expressing concerns about the consequences of the United States launching another war that would once again place the United States in (…)

  • NEW-YORK CITY : 300,000 March in Manhattan at Anti-War Protest
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    Published on Saturday, April 29, 2006 by the Associated Press 300,000 March in Manhattan at Anti-War Protest by Desmond Butler
    NEW YORK — Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters marched Saturday through Manhattan to demand an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq just hours after an American soldier died in a roadside explosion in Baghdad - the 70th U.S. fighter killed in that country this month.
    "End this war, bring the troops home," read one of the many signs lifted by (…)

  • On Trial - Saddam Hussein or Iraqi Special Tribunal?
    30 April 2006 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Diana Lee
    Out of 500 possible charges, prosecutors in the acclaimed “trial of the century” have narrowed it down to 12 documented cases to be presented against the former leader of Iraq, Saddam Hussein. Since October 19, 2005, the slow progress of Saddam’s first trial has descended into mayhem. The circumstances surrounding the trial and the court proceedings have raised serious doubts about the fairness and legitimacy of the Iraqi Special Tribunal.
    Like the Nuremberg Trials and the (…)