A new CNN system of 'script approval' suggests the Pentagon will have nothing to worry aboutby Robert FiskAlready, the American press is expressing its approval of the coverage of American forces which the US military intends to allow its reporters in the next Gulf war. The boys from CNN, CBS, ABC and The New York Times will be "embedded" among the US marines and … [Read more...] about -How The News Will Be Censored In This War
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– N.Y. Times Lies on Lack of Turkish Opposition to the War
The following letter to the NY Times reflects the massive opposition to the war within Turkey.Forwarded to portside by Carol Stevens Yurur in Istanbul. -- portsideMod]Mass opposition in Turkey to war on neighboring IraqSubject: NY Times Mis-Information on TurkeyDate: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:22:42 +0200 From: Ayse Gul Altinay Subject: Your coverage of Turkey To: … [Read more...] about – N.Y. Times Lies on Lack of Turkish Opposition to the War
Urgent Appeal on Iraq by Scholars of Allied Occupation of Japan
U.S. PLANS FOR WAR AND OCCUPATION IN IRAQ ARE A HISTORICAL MISTAKE An Urgent Appeal from Students of the Allied Occupation of JapanThe administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has announced plans to occupy Iraq, following "pre-emptive" military strikes, based on the so-called Japanese model -- the post-World War II Allied occupation of Japan. As students of the … [Read more...] about Urgent Appeal on Iraq by Scholars of Allied Occupation of Japan
The Disquieted American by Chalmers Johnson
Daniel Ellsberg's leaks from inside the Pentagon helped to end the Vietnam war. On the eve of another unpopular war, Chalmers Johnson holds out for an Ellsberg in the Bush administration...--reprinted from The Guardian (UK) February 6, 2003 under FAIR USE principles--(Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg Viking, 498 pp., $29.95, … [Read more...] about The Disquieted American by Chalmers Johnson
– Japanese Peace Group Puts Ad in Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A Japanese citizens' group and a former U.S. servicemen's group placed an advertisement opposing a war on Iraq in the Washington Post's Thursday editions, asking, "Is America addicted to war?""Please bring your soldiers home. Iraq is contaminated with radiation from depleted uranium used by the U.S., causing suffering of Iraqi children and Persian Gulf War … [Read more...] about – Japanese Peace Group Puts Ad in Washington Post