As of last July, the United States, backed by the Blair government, was wilfully blocking humanitarian supplies worth $5.4bn, everything from vaccines and plasma bags to simple painkillers, all of which Iraq had paid for and the Security Council had approved.Last month's attack by the two greatest military powers on a demoralized, sick and largely defenseless population was … [Read more...] about -The saving of one little boy must not be a cover for the crime of this war
-Give Us Back Our Democracy: Edward Said
....Americans have been cheated, Iraqis have suffered impossibly and Bush looks like a cowboy. On matters of the gravest importance, constitutional principles have been violated and the electorate lied to. We are the ones who must have our democracy back.https://www.commondreams.org/views03/0420-04.htm … [Read more...] about -Give Us Back Our Democracy: Edward Said
-U.S. Use of Clusters in Baghdad Condemned
NEW YORK - April 16 - The U.S. Central Command should respond publicly to evidence that U.S. forces used cluster munitions in a populated area of Baghdad, Human Rights Watch urged today.According to a report in yesterday?fs Newsday, a Central Command spokeswoman has anonymously confirmed that U.S. forces have hit urban areas of Baghdad with cluster munitions, stating that … [Read more...] about -U.S. Use of Clusters in Baghdad Condemned
-NASA’s Strategic Plan” * Military * Nuclear
At all of our peril, O'Keefe is moving to expand NASA's program of using nuclear power in space -- including reviving the decades-old notion of building nuclear-powered spacecraft. What if the Columbia shuttle had been nuclear-powered? Nuclear debris would have spread over Texas and Louisiana. Still, two days after the Columbia tragedy, NASA advanced its new $3 billion space … [Read more...] about -NASA’s Strategic Plan” * Military * Nuclear
-New Tobacco Company, Licensed to Kill Inc., Aims to Kill 4.9M Worldwide Annually
Today, Licensed to Kill, Inc, the world's newest multinational tobacco company, publicly announced its incorporation with the launch of the company's website: www.licensedtokill.bizLicensed to Kill, Inc., was officially incorporated in the state of Virginia on March 19, 2003. The company's purpose, as stated in its articles of incorporation, is "the manufacture and … [Read more...] about -New Tobacco Company, Licensed to Kill Inc., Aims to Kill 4.9M Worldwide Annually