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Group for preparation of the social forum of Iran.
http://www.iransocialforum.org
In only three years, people from around the world have created a dynamic movement to challenge the domination of globalization force. The struggle against neo- liberal economic policies and capitalist globalization, and the struggle for peace and against Imperialism have taken great steps. The slogan "Another World is possible" has grown from hopeful words to the first steps toward a new reality
The (…)

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0805-01.htm Published on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 by the San Diego Union-Tribune
Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs on Iraqi Troops Results are ’remarkably similar’ to using napalm by James W. Crawley
American jets killed Iraqi troops with firebombs â€" similar to the controversial napalm used in the Vietnam War â€" in March and April as Marines battled toward Baghdad.
Marine Corps fighter pilots and commanders who have returned from the war (…)

Iraqi TV Head Quits, Says U.S. Losing Propaganda War Tue August 5, 2003 11:21 AM ET By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
LONDON (Reuters) - The postwar director of U.S.-backed Iraqi Television has quit, saying the United States is losing the propaganda war to countries like Iran and to the fugitive Saddam Hussein.
Three months after being flown to Baghdad on board a U.S. plane to relaunch Iraqi television and radio, former exile Ahmad Rikabi is disillusioned and back in London for the foreseeable (…)

URGENT! Montreal ISM Activist Soledad Delgado Detained by Israeli Occupation Forces in West Bank
URGENT! Montreal Activist Detained by Israeli Occupation Forces in West Bank
Tuesday August 5th 11am EST
Soledad Delgado a Montreal area activist, is being illegally detained in Palestine by the Israeli Occupation Forces. She, along with 46 other Palestinian and foreign nationals are participating in the Freedom Summer Campaign with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine . (…)

Cost of War in Iraq - Website & War Casualties Overflow Walter Reed
http://www.costofwar.com/
This is a nice website that runs a second-by-second account of the financial cost of this war and compares that with what could have been done with the money. It actually hurts when you read it.
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War Casualties Overflow Walter Reed Hospital By Jon Ward
The Washington Times — August 4, 2003 www.washingtontimes.com (…)

As opium production and banditry soar, the country is at risk of anarchy, some warn, and could allow a Taliban resurgence.
Afghans on Edge of Chaos By Robyn Dixon, Times Staff Writer Los Angeles Times - August 4, 2003
http://www.latimes.com/la-fg-afghan4aug04,1,848009.story
WARDAK, Afghanistan - Two months after a gun attack, the bullet holes in the Datsun sedan have been patched and it runs beautifully. But water engineer Asil Kahn walks with a limp and he still has two bullets in his (…)

Officials Confirm Dropping Firebombs On Iraqi Troops - Results Are ’Remarkably Similar’ To Using Napalm
by James W. Crawley, Union Tribune staff writer Published on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 by the San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20030805-9999_1n5bomb.ht ml
American jets killed Iraqi troops with firebombs - similar to the controversial napalm used in the Vietnam War - in March and April as Marines battled toward Baghdad.
Marine Corps fighter pilots (…)

hi,
In turkey a campaign against Coca-Cola festival is being prepared. we like to have some support. the letter of campaign is attached.
Barýþarock (rock with peace)
We all know that Coca Cola is not only a drink trademark. It is a lifestyle. It is a logo of global system.We are the people who have problem with the system. Because we think this system cause poverty, injustice and wars in the world. That Coca Cola is one of the symbol of this system. And Coca Cola is not (…)

August 5, 2003, 8:10 am, Mas’ha, Occupied Palestine
First they arrested the people filming their brutality. Then they beat
several people who were trying to get into help, one seriously enough that his ribs
may be cracked. And now they are busy demolishing the A’ameer home in Mas’ha.
And for what?
Because the settlers on the other side of this farmer didn’t want the
Apartheid fence to be close to their illegal settlement, and, after all, peace
activists and Palestinians are (…)

What Was Behind the Pentagon’s Betting Parlor? by David Morse
Published on Monday, August 4, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0804-11.htm
What was behind the Pentagon’s screwball scheme to establish an online futures market for acts of terrorism?
The $8 million betting parlor was scuttled only three days before its scheduled debut on August 1. Was it just a one-time fluke? If so, it raises questions about who is running the Pentagon. If it was part (…)