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WASHINGTON — March 31 — Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement today on the report by the Presidential Commission WMD’s:
"Today, we are once again reminded of what we already know: that this Administration deliberately mislead this nation into an unnecessary war in Iraq. Today’s report now completes a series of reports that have completely debunked this Administration’s entire case for war against Iraq.
"Despite yet another report debunking their case for (…)

By Leonie Lamont
The defence contractor Boeing has won the right in NSW to discriminate against employees whose nationalities do not meet US security requirements.
A three-year exemption from the anti-discrimination act allows Boeing to exclude employees at its Bankstown plant from working on projects using US technology.
Only Australians and other nationalities approved by the US will be issued tags granting them security clearance.
The State Government quietly granted the exemption (…)

HALIFAX—US Army Specialist Darrell Anderson hated his seven months in Iraq. He hated the people he was fighting against, hated the people he was fighting for. There was hate between soldiers. And hatred against the Iraqi people. Anderson hated facing death every day. Knowing people who died made him hate even more.
"You stub your foot, you’re going to hit something. You ruin your life, you’re going to kill someone," the stocky 22-year-old Kentucky man told a crowd gathered at Dalhousie (…)

Scientific Analysis Suggests Presidential Vote Counts May Have Been Altered Group of University Professors Urges Investigation of 2004 Election
US Count Votes March 31st , 2005
Officially, President Bush won November’s election by 2.5%, yet exit polls showed Kerry winning by 3% [1] . According to a report to be released today by a group of university statisticians, the odds of a discrepancy this large between the national exit poll and election results happening by accident are close to (…)

Wake Up! Washington’s alarming foreign policy
By Chalmers JohnsonMarch 31, 2005
The Rubicon is a small stream in northern Italy just south of the city of Ravenna. During the prime of the Roman Republic, roughly the last two centuries B.C., it served as a northern boundary protecting the heartland of Italy and the city of Rome from its own imperial armies. An ancient Roman law made it treason for any general to cross the Rubicon and enter Italy proper with a standing army. In 49 B.C., (…)

It was several years after the Bush Administration had left office, in what has been called the period of "Restoration of Constitutional rule." Criminal indictments were about to be unsealed, naming the architects of the former regime’s foreign wars/torture policy and martial law-type domestic rule. Those individuals had one chance to escape likely incarceration: appearances before the recently-instituted Truth & Reconciliation Commission. Here is a partial transcript from Donald (…)

International Study Highlights NRDC Call for U.S. Commission on Global Environmental Threats Urgent Action Needed to Protect Global Environment, New Report Says
WASHINGTON — March 30 — A new report released today on the threatened status of the world’s ecosystems should prompt the United States to take concrete action, NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) said. The four-year, $20 million study — the most comprehensive look at the health of the world’s ocean, land, forests and species — (…)

“No Great Way To Die” - But the Generals Love Napalm Exchange With the BBC’s Director of News David Edwards, MEDIA LENS
“These are the stories that will continue to emerge from the rubble of Fallujah for years. No, for generations...” Dahr Jamail, independent reporter in Iraq
Heavily Conditioned Sensitivity
Traditionally, Western journalists give massive emphasis to acts of violence committed by official enemies of the West, while lightly passing over Western responsibility for often (…)

The father of an employee of Halliburton subsidiary KBR in Iraq is alleging that his son was gang-beaten by a group of fellow employees, known as the "Red Neck Mafia," at the Baghdad airport where he works as a security coordinator for KBR. We speak with Eli Chavez, the father of KBR employee Ronald Chavez. [includes rush transcript] The father of an employee of Halliburton subsidiary Kellog, Brown and Root in Iraq is alleging that his son was gang-beaten by a group of fellow employees at (…)

Overlooking a private white sand beach on the Persian Gulf, some 40 miles south of Kuwait city, is the Khalifa Hilton. It boasts no less than a dozen swimming pools and offers its guests activities such as windsurfing, banana boat rides and deep sea fishing. Every single one of the 84 luxurious air-conditioned villas face either the main pool, which is shaped like a giant guitar, or one of the two adjoining pools that resemble shimmering blue door keys.
In late 2002, a company from Texas, (…)