ZNet Commentary--please support ZNet Sustainer program at https://zmag.orgWith enough power and chutzpah it is possible for an aggressive and over-armed state to manufacture a crisis and pretend that the crisis lies with the threatened victim rather than with the aggressor state. Today, the United States has not only manufactured one crisis but two: The first is Saddam … [Read more...] about The Manufactured And Real Iraq Crisis by Edward Herman
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Columbia: Budgeting for Disaster by Geov Parrish
From WorkingForChange.comhttps://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15085Nobody knows, or has any way of knowing, what caused Saturday morning's horrific explosion of space shuttle Columbia, with its gruesome rain of metal and flesh across the pine woods of East Texas. It will take the various commissions and panels months, or longer, to even agree on a reasonable … [Read more...] about Columbia: Budgeting for Disaster by Geov Parrish
Guernica Reproduction Covered at UN
NEW YORK.- The "Guernica" work by Pablo Picasso at the entrance of the Security Council of the United Nations has been covered with a curtain. The reason for covering this work is that this is the place where diplomats make statements to the press and have this work as the background. The Picasso work features the horrors of war. On January 27 a large blue curtain was … [Read more...] about Guernica Reproduction Covered at UN
– A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations
When War Resisters' International issued its call for conscientious objection to war and preparations for war in September 2001, the attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington were only three weeks old, and the Western states, led by the USA, was mobilising for the 'war on terrorism'. The first stage for this war was Afghanistan. Now, more than … [Read more...] about – A Call For Conscientious Objection to War and War Preparations
– Iraq: legal challenge to Norwegian Government
Letter from Attorney-at-law Haakon Helle, Stavanger, Norway, to:Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik Prime Minister´s Office Postboks 80001 Dep 0030 OsloTelefax nr. +47 22 24 95 00Stavanger, January 15, 2003Norwegian participation in warI have been commissioned to, as attorney for the Norwegian Peace Alliance, address the the Government of Norway on the … [Read more...] about – Iraq: legal challenge to Norwegian Government