OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
ZMAG: A Disaster Foretold by Uri Avnery
So now it is official: the government of Israel has decided to assassinate Yasser Arafat.
Not any more to "exile". Not any more to "expel or kill". Simply to "remove".
Of course, the intention is not to remove him to another country. Nobody seriously believes that Yasser Arafat will raise his hands and allow himself to be marched off. He and his men will be killed "during the exchange of fire". This would not be the first time.
Even if it was possible to expel Arafat to another country, nobody in the Israeli leadership would dream of doing so. How come? Allow him to make the rounds of Putin, Schroeder and Chirac? God forbid. So the plan is to remove him to the next world.
Not immediately. The Americans forbid it. It may make Bush angry. Sharon does not want to annoy Bush.
Some people comfort themselves with the thought that this is just an empty resolution. It is supposed to be implemented at a time and in a way yet to be decided. But this is wishful thinking, a dangerous comfort. The decision legitimizing his assassination is by itself a far-reaching political act. It is intended to get the Israeli and international public used to the idea. What used to sound like a crazy plot by extreme fanatics now has the air of a legitimate political process, with only the time and mode of implementation still open.
Anyone familiar with Ariel Sharon can see how things will develop from now on. He will wait for his opportunity. It may come any minute, or after a week, a month, a year. He is patient. When he decides to do something, he is ready to wait, but he won't deviate from his goal.
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Friday, September 19, 2003
IRAQ
Democracynow: Robert Fisk on Wesley Clark & Iraq: “What is Happening Is An Absolute Slaughter Every Night of Iraqi People”
Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the London Independent. Speaking from Baghdad.
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TRANSCRIPT
AMY GOODMAN: Well, John Hlinko, we have just reached Robert Fisk in Baghdad. We want to thank you for being with us, cofounder of the DraftWesleyClark.com campaign. Zoltan Grossman, thanks for being with us from the University of Wisconsin.
We're going not to the break right now, which we usually do, but because we have Robert Fisk on his satellite phone at this moment. we want to go directly to him.
Robert Fisk, we'll get your comment at the beginning, hearing that Wesley Clark is now running for president as the antiwar warrior. Then we'd like to get your observations of what's happening right now on the ground in Iraq.
ROBERT FISK: I have to say first of all about General Clark, that I was on the ground in Serbia in Kosovo when he ran the war there. He didn't seem to be very antiwar at the time. I had as one of my tasks to go out over and over again to look at the civilian casualties of that have war.
"CHECK IT"
Democracynow: Robert Fisk on Wesley Clark & Iraq: “What is Happening Is An Absolute Slaughter Every Night of Iraqi People”
Robert Fisk, Middle East correspondent for the London Independent. Speaking from Baghdad.
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TRANSCRIPT
AMY GOODMAN: Well, John Hlinko, we have just reached Robert Fisk in Baghdad. We want to thank you for being with us, cofounder of the DraftWesleyClark.com campaign. Zoltan Grossman, thanks for being with us from the University of Wisconsin.
We're going not to the break right now, which we usually do, but because we have Robert Fisk on his satellite phone at this moment. we want to go directly to him.
Robert Fisk, we'll get your comment at the beginning, hearing that Wesley Clark is now running for president as the antiwar warrior. Then we'd like to get your observations of what's happening right now on the ground in Iraq.
ROBERT FISK: I have to say first of all about General Clark, that I was on the ground in Serbia in Kosovo when he ran the war there. He didn't seem to be very antiwar at the time. I had as one of my tasks to go out over and over again to look at the civilian casualties of that have war.
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AFGHANISTAN
Rense:
Taliban Claim Capture Of Four US Troops
PESHAWAR -- Pakistani as well as the Taliban sources on Wednesday claimed that four US soldiers had been captured by the pro-Taliban elements in Paktia province of Afghanistan on Tuesday night in an attack on a convoy in the mountainous region.
"Our fighters have captured at least four American soldiers in Birmal area of Paktia province on Tuesday night," claimed a pro-Taliban source asking not to be named. Birmal district shares borders with two tribal agencies of Pakistan, North and South Waziristan agencies.
The claim was also backed by tribal sources, living on the Pakistan side of the Pak-Afghan border, saying that the capture of the Americans was talk of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan Agency. However, no official confirmation of the arrest of the soldiers has been made by the US so far.
Rense:
Taliban Claim Capture Of Four US Troops
PESHAWAR -- Pakistani as well as the Taliban sources on Wednesday claimed that four US soldiers had been captured by the pro-Taliban elements in Paktia province of Afghanistan on Tuesday night in an attack on a convoy in the mountainous region.
"Our fighters have captured at least four American soldiers in Birmal area of Paktia province on Tuesday night," claimed a pro-Taliban source asking not to be named. Birmal district shares borders with two tribal agencies of Pakistan, North and South Waziristan agencies.
The claim was also backed by tribal sources, living on the Pakistan side of the Pak-Afghan border, saying that the capture of the Americans was talk of Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan Agency. However, no official confirmation of the arrest of the soldiers has been made by the US so far.
SAUDI ARABIA
AFP: Saudis Now Deny Plans
To Acquire Nukes
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia overnight strongly denied a report in a British newspaper that it was considering acquiring nuclear weapons.
"Reports that Saudi Arabia is considering acquiring nuclear weapons are baseless and totally false," the Saudi embassy in Washington said in a statement.
The Guardian, a left-wing British daily, reported overnight that Saudi Arabia has embarked on a strategic review that includes considering whether to acquire nuclear weapons. It said the move came in response to political tensions in the Middle East.
AFP: Saudis Now Deny Plans
To Acquire Nukes
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia overnight strongly denied a report in a British newspaper that it was considering acquiring nuclear weapons.
"Reports that Saudi Arabia is considering acquiring nuclear weapons are baseless and totally false," the Saudi embassy in Washington said in a statement.
The Guardian, a left-wing British daily, reported overnight that Saudi Arabia has embarked on a strategic review that includes considering whether to acquire nuclear weapons. It said the move came in response to political tensions in the Middle East.
IRAQ
AFP: US Troops Fire On Press Vehicle
KHALDIYAH, Iraq (AFP) -- US soldiers today fired on a car belonging to the American news agency Associated Press, an Agence France-Presse reporter at the scene said.
The AFP correspondent said AP reporters were trying to film an ambushed convoy in the town west of Baghdad when they were fired on, despite having AP clearly marked on their car.
Neither the two reporters nor the driver, all Iraqis, were hurt when the Americans opened fire in the area where witnesses said US forces suffered heavy casualties in a bomb and rocket-propelled grenade attack.
"The Americans opened fire when I took out my camera to film" a military vehicle on fire, said one of the AP journalists, Karim al-Ubeidi.
"The mention of AP was clearly visible on the car but they opened fire nevertheless," he said.
The Associated Press had earlier reported that US troops were ambushed on the main road of Khaldiyah, hit by a remote-controlled roadside bomb and then coming under heavy gunfire that destroyed at least two trucks.
An AP driver saw a 20-year-old man, still alive after being shot in the chest, placed in a taxi.
AFP: US Troops Fire On Press Vehicle
KHALDIYAH, Iraq (AFP) -- US soldiers today fired on a car belonging to the American news agency Associated Press, an Agence France-Presse reporter at the scene said.
The AFP correspondent said AP reporters were trying to film an ambushed convoy in the town west of Baghdad when they were fired on, despite having AP clearly marked on their car.
Neither the two reporters nor the driver, all Iraqis, were hurt when the Americans opened fire in the area where witnesses said US forces suffered heavy casualties in a bomb and rocket-propelled grenade attack.
"The Americans opened fire when I took out my camera to film" a military vehicle on fire, said one of the AP journalists, Karim al-Ubeidi.
"The mention of AP was clearly visible on the car but they opened fire nevertheless," he said.
The Associated Press had earlier reported that US troops were ambushed on the main road of Khaldiyah, hit by a remote-controlled roadside bomb and then coming under heavy gunfire that destroyed at least two trucks.
An AP driver saw a 20-year-old man, still alive after being shot in the chest, placed in a taxi.
IRAQ
Guardian: We Are Facing Death In
Iraq For No Reason
A Serving US Soldier Calls For The End Of An Occupation Based On Lies
For the past six months, I have been participating in what I believe to be the great modern lie: Operation Iraqi Freedom.
After the horrific events of September 11 2001, and throughout the battle in Afghanistan, the groundwork was being laid for the invasion of Iraq. "Shock and awe" were the words used to describe the display of power that the world was going to view upon the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was to be an up-close, dramatic display of military strength and advanced technology from within the arsenals of the American and British military.
But as a soldier preparing to take part in the invasion of Iraq, the words "shock and awe" rang deep within my psyche. Even as we prepared to depart, it seemed that these two great superpowers were about to break the very rules that they demanded others obey. Without the consent of the United Nations, and ignoring the pleas of their own citizens, the US and Britain invaded Iraq. "Shock and awe"? Yes, the words correctly described the emotional impact I felt as we embarked on an act not of justice, but of hypocrisy.
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Guardian: We Are Facing Death In
Iraq For No Reason
A Serving US Soldier Calls For The End Of An Occupation Based On Lies
For the past six months, I have been participating in what I believe to be the great modern lie: Operation Iraqi Freedom.
After the horrific events of September 11 2001, and throughout the battle in Afghanistan, the groundwork was being laid for the invasion of Iraq. "Shock and awe" were the words used to describe the display of power that the world was going to view upon the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. It was to be an up-close, dramatic display of military strength and advanced technology from within the arsenals of the American and British military.
But as a soldier preparing to take part in the invasion of Iraq, the words "shock and awe" rang deep within my psyche. Even as we prepared to depart, it seemed that these two great superpowers were about to break the very rules that they demanded others obey. Without the consent of the United Nations, and ignoring the pleas of their own citizens, the US and Britain invaded Iraq. "Shock and awe"? Yes, the words correctly described the emotional impact I felt as we embarked on an act not of justice, but of hypocrisy.
"CHECK IT"
FINANCE
Guardian: US Dollar 'Could Collapse
At Any Moment'
The International Monetary Fund yesterday warned that the colossal United States trade deficit was a noose around the neck of the economy, emphasising that the once mighty dollar could collapse at any moment.
Arguing that the world's big economies were already too dependent on the willingness of American consumers to live beyond their means, the IMF said the US could not continue to run a current account deficit of 5% of GDP.
The IMF's chief economist Kenneth Rogoff said that it was just a matter of time before the gap closed, tipping the dollar into a potentially steep fall.
"If we were looking at a poor developing country, the world gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. A country like the United States, they give them enough rope to tie the noose around their neck several times. But it does happen in the end," he said.
Guardian: US Dollar 'Could Collapse
At Any Moment'
The International Monetary Fund yesterday warned that the colossal United States trade deficit was a noose around the neck of the economy, emphasising that the once mighty dollar could collapse at any moment.
Arguing that the world's big economies were already too dependent on the willingness of American consumers to live beyond their means, the IMF said the US could not continue to run a current account deficit of 5% of GDP.
The IMF's chief economist Kenneth Rogoff said that it was just a matter of time before the gap closed, tipping the dollar into a potentially steep fall.
"If we were looking at a poor developing country, the world gives them just enough rope to hang themselves. A country like the United States, they give them enough rope to tie the noose around their neck several times. But it does happen in the end," he said.
Thursday, September 18, 2003
INTERNET
Spiegel:
Zurück in die Web-Steinzeit
Wie sich Softwarepatente auswirken, führt derzeit der Fall Eolas gegen Microsoft vor: Ein Patent aus dem Jahr 1994 droht das Web zu verändern. Plug-ins und Programme wie Flash, Real-Filme, ActiveX oder Java könnten bald aus Browsern verschwinden.
Spiegel:
Zurück in die Web-Steinzeit
Wie sich Softwarepatente auswirken, führt derzeit der Fall Eolas gegen Microsoft vor: Ein Patent aus dem Jahr 1994 droht das Web zu verändern. Plug-ins und Programme wie Flash, Real-Filme, ActiveX oder Java könnten bald aus Browsern verschwinden.
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Reuters: Bush Mideast Peace Drive 'Stalled' Due to Arafat
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) - President Bush said on Thursday his Middle East peace plan was now "stalled" due to what he said was the failed leadership of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
"Mr. Arafat has failed as a leader," Bush said at a news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. He said Arafat had undermined former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to fight terror.
"His efforts were undermined and that's why we're now stalled," Bush said at the presidential retreat outside Washington.
He said he was still committed to his proposed peace "road map" and hoped for a Palestinian leadership fully committed to fighting terror.
"Auf was für einem Planeten lebt Bush? Ist er immer noch auf Kokain und Alkohol? Der Typ gehoert in eine Anstalt. Der ganze "ich bringe Frieden in den Nahen Osten PR-Move" ist gescheitert weil es Herr Praesident nicht fertig bringt Druck auf Israel auszuueben. Weil er Angst hat, dass ihm danach die Zionisten-Lobby in Washington die Liebe entzieht und sich im Wahlkampf gegen ihn stellt."
Reuters: Bush Mideast Peace Drive 'Stalled' Due to Arafat
CAMP DAVID, Md. (Reuters) - President Bush said on Thursday his Middle East peace plan was now "stalled" due to what he said was the failed leadership of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
"Mr. Arafat has failed as a leader," Bush said at a news conference with Jordan's King Abdullah. He said Arafat had undermined former Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas's efforts to fight terror.
"His efforts were undermined and that's why we're now stalled," Bush said at the presidential retreat outside Washington.
He said he was still committed to his proposed peace "road map" and hoped for a Palestinian leadership fully committed to fighting terror.
"Auf was für einem Planeten lebt Bush? Ist er immer noch auf Kokain und Alkohol? Der Typ gehoert in eine Anstalt. Der ganze "ich bringe Frieden in den Nahen Osten PR-Move" ist gescheitert weil es Herr Praesident nicht fertig bringt Druck auf Israel auszuueben. Weil er Angst hat, dass ihm danach die Zionisten-Lobby in Washington die Liebe entzieht und sich im Wahlkampf gegen ihn stellt."
IRAQI RESISTANCE
Spiegel: Angriff auf US-Soldaten - mindestens acht Tote
Schon wieder sind US-Soldaten im Irak angegriffen worden. Nördlich von Bagdad wurden mindestens acht Mitglieder einer amerikanischen Patrouille getötet und mehrere verletzt
Spiegel: Angriff auf US-Soldaten - mindestens acht Tote
Schon wieder sind US-Soldaten im Irak angegriffen worden. Nördlich von Bagdad wurden mindestens acht Mitglieder einer amerikanischen Patrouille getötet und mehrere verletzt
IRAQ
New Zealand Herald: Saddam's old terror cells fail squeaky-clean test despite US facelift by Robert Fisk
ABU GHRAIB PRISON - We could see them beyond the dirt yard, standing in the heat beside their sand-brown tents, the razor wire wrapped in sheaths around their compound.
No pictures of the prisoners, we were told. Do not enter the compound. Do not go inside the wire.
Of the up to 800 Iraqis held in Abu Ghraib Prison, on the outskirts of Baghdad, only a handful are "security detainees" - the rest are "criminal detainees" - but until now almost all of them have lived out here in the heat and dust and muck.
Which is why the Americans were so pleased to see us at Saddam Hussein's vile old jail yesterday: things are getting better.
So first, the good news. Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, commander of the US 800th Military Police Brigade, has cleaned up the burned and looted cells for hundreds of prisoners.
New Zealand Herald: Saddam's old terror cells fail squeaky-clean test despite US facelift by Robert Fisk
ABU GHRAIB PRISON - We could see them beyond the dirt yard, standing in the heat beside their sand-brown tents, the razor wire wrapped in sheaths around their compound.
No pictures of the prisoners, we were told. Do not enter the compound. Do not go inside the wire.
Of the up to 800 Iraqis held in Abu Ghraib Prison, on the outskirts of Baghdad, only a handful are "security detainees" - the rest are "criminal detainees" - but until now almost all of them have lived out here in the heat and dust and muck.
Which is why the Americans were so pleased to see us at Saddam Hussein's vile old jail yesterday: things are getting better.
So first, the good news. Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, commander of the US 800th Military Police Brigade, has cleaned up the burned and looted cells for hundreds of prisoners.
ISRAEL
Joevialls: Arab Strike Jets Ready to Attack Israel
Saudi Arabia and Syria Checkmate Zionist Oil Grab
When the planning for Operation Shekhinah was finalized in 2001, its objective was simply to steal Iraq’s oil and pipe it to Haifa in Israel. At a single stroke, the largest oil supplies in the world would come under direct Zionist control, permanently shifting the balance of power in the Middle East. Well, that was the academic American-Israeli strategic plan, but it was all based on an impossible fantasy. Nowadays that impossible academic fantasy is coming unhinged, in turn seriously threatening the very survival of the Jewish State and possibly America as well. You see, while Americans have been worrying about their countrymen being cut down on a daily basis in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria have quietly relocated their primary strike aircraft within easy attack range of Israel, meaning the end game is fast approaching. To find out why Israel is now facing more than 400 state-of-the-art Mach 2 strike aircraft based less than ten minutes away from Tel Aviv, we need to take a quick look at the mind boggling miscalculations made by the Zionists in New York, and by their subordinates in Washington and Tel Aviv. How is it even remotely possible that the Zionists might lose the “Jewish State” altogether, especially bearing in mind their subtle but undeniable day-to-day control of the massive American military machine?
Joevialls: Arab Strike Jets Ready to Attack Israel
Saudi Arabia and Syria Checkmate Zionist Oil Grab
When the planning for Operation Shekhinah was finalized in 2001, its objective was simply to steal Iraq’s oil and pipe it to Haifa in Israel. At a single stroke, the largest oil supplies in the world would come under direct Zionist control, permanently shifting the balance of power in the Middle East. Well, that was the academic American-Israeli strategic plan, but it was all based on an impossible fantasy. Nowadays that impossible academic fantasy is coming unhinged, in turn seriously threatening the very survival of the Jewish State and possibly America as well. You see, while Americans have been worrying about their countrymen being cut down on a daily basis in Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria have quietly relocated their primary strike aircraft within easy attack range of Israel, meaning the end game is fast approaching. To find out why Israel is now facing more than 400 state-of-the-art Mach 2 strike aircraft based less than ten minutes away from Tel Aviv, we need to take a quick look at the mind boggling miscalculations made by the Zionists in New York, and by their subordinates in Washington and Tel Aviv. How is it even remotely possible that the Zionists might lose the “Jewish State” altogether, especially bearing in mind their subtle but undeniable day-to-day control of the massive American military machine?
SAUDI ARABIA
Spiegel: Saudis erwägen Anschaffung von Atombomben
Vor dem 11. September hatten sich die Saudis als enge Verbündete der Amerikaner sicher gefühlt. Doch seit US-Fahnder sie als Finanziers des internationalen Terrors verdächtigen, hat sich das Verhältnis abgekühlt. Nun suchen sie nach neuen Sicherheitskonzepten. Der Nahe Osten droht zum atomaren Pulverfass zu werden
Guardian: Saudis consider nuclear bomb
Saudi Arabia, in response to the current upheaval in the Middle East, has embarked on a strategic review that includes acquiring nuclear weapons, the Guardian has learned.
This new threat of proliferation in one of the most dangerous regions of the world comes on top of a crisis over Iran's alleged nuclear programme.
A strategy paper being considered at the highest levels in Riyadh sets out three options:
· To acquire a nuclear capability as a deterrent;
· To maintain or enter into an alliance with an existing nuclear power that would offer protection;
· To try to reach a regional agreement on having a nuclear-free Middle East.
Spiegel: Saudis erwägen Anschaffung von Atombomben
Vor dem 11. September hatten sich die Saudis als enge Verbündete der Amerikaner sicher gefühlt. Doch seit US-Fahnder sie als Finanziers des internationalen Terrors verdächtigen, hat sich das Verhältnis abgekühlt. Nun suchen sie nach neuen Sicherheitskonzepten. Der Nahe Osten droht zum atomaren Pulverfass zu werden
Guardian: Saudis consider nuclear bomb
Saudi Arabia, in response to the current upheaval in the Middle East, has embarked on a strategic review that includes acquiring nuclear weapons, the Guardian has learned.
This new threat of proliferation in one of the most dangerous regions of the world comes on top of a crisis over Iran's alleged nuclear programme.
A strategy paper being considered at the highest levels in Riyadh sets out three options:
· To acquire a nuclear capability as a deterrent;
· To maintain or enter into an alliance with an existing nuclear power that would offer protection;
· To try to reach a regional agreement on having a nuclear-free Middle East.
WAR ON IRAK
Spiegel: Der große Bluff
Vor knapp sechs Monaten griffen die USA den Irak an, deklariert als Feldzug gegen den Terror, gestützt auf "Fakten und Beweise". Doch heute zeigt sich ein anderes Bild: Eine Melange aus Halbwahrheiten, Märchen und Lügen bereitete den Weg nach Bagdad. SPIEGEL ONLINE dokumentiert zehn Fälle schwarzer Propaganda, die den Krieg rechtfertigen sollten.
Klicken Sie auf die Bilder, lesen Sie, wie leichtfertig die Politiker die Welt in die Irre führten:....
Spiegel: Der große Bluff
Vor knapp sechs Monaten griffen die USA den Irak an, deklariert als Feldzug gegen den Terror, gestützt auf "Fakten und Beweise". Doch heute zeigt sich ein anderes Bild: Eine Melange aus Halbwahrheiten, Märchen und Lügen bereitete den Weg nach Bagdad. SPIEGEL ONLINE dokumentiert zehn Fälle schwarzer Propaganda, die den Krieg rechtfertigen sollten.
Klicken Sie auf die Bilder, lesen Sie, wie leichtfertig die Politiker die Welt in die Irre führten:....
USA VS. FRANCE
NY Times OP/ED: Our War With France by Thomas L. Friedman
It's time we Americans came to terms with something: France is not just our annoying ally. It is not just our jealous rival. France is becoming our enemy.
If you add up how France behaved in the run-up to the Iraq war (making it impossible for the Security Council to put a real ultimatum to Saddam Hussein that might have avoided a war) ??????????????, and if you look at how France behaved during the war (when its foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, refused to answer the question of whether he wanted Saddam or America to win in Iraq), and if you watch how France is behaving today (demanding some kind of loopy symbolic transfer of Iraqi sovereignty to some kind of hastily thrown together Iraqi provisional government, with the rest of Iraq's transition to democracy to be overseen more by a divided U.N. than by America), then there is only one conclusion one can draw: France wants America to fail in Iraq.
But then France has never been interested in promoting democracy in the modern Arab world, which is why its pose as the new protector of Iraqi representative government — after being so content with Saddam's one-man rule — is so patently cynical. (Aber Amerikkka wollte im Fall schon immer einen Demokratischen Nahen Osten...ironie)
"Friedman ist ein Revisionist und schreibt mal schnell die Geschichte der letzten paar Monate um"
NY Times OP/ED: Our War With France by Thomas L. Friedman
It's time we Americans came to terms with something: France is not just our annoying ally. It is not just our jealous rival. France is becoming our enemy.
If you add up how France behaved in the run-up to the Iraq war (making it impossible for the Security Council to put a real ultimatum to Saddam Hussein that might have avoided a war) ??????????????, and if you look at how France behaved during the war (when its foreign minister, Dominique de Villepin, refused to answer the question of whether he wanted Saddam or America to win in Iraq), and if you watch how France is behaving today (demanding some kind of loopy symbolic transfer of Iraqi sovereignty to some kind of hastily thrown together Iraqi provisional government, with the rest of Iraq's transition to democracy to be overseen more by a divided U.N. than by America), then there is only one conclusion one can draw: France wants America to fail in Iraq.
But then France has never been interested in promoting democracy in the modern Arab world, which is why its pose as the new protector of Iraqi representative government — after being so content with Saddam's one-man rule — is so patently cynical. (Aber Amerikkka wollte im Fall schon immer einen Demokratischen Nahen Osten...ironie)
"Friedman ist ein Revisionist und schreibt mal schnell die Geschichte der letzten paar Monate um"
USA
Informationclearinghouse: 30 Years Of U.S. UN Vetoes
How the U.S. has Voted // Vetoed- See any bias - See any pattern ?
1972-2002 Vetoes from the USA
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Year -----Resolution Vetoed by the USA
1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973 Afirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1976 Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.
1976 Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.
1976 Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.
1976 Afirms the rights of the Palestinians.
1978 Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.
1978 Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.
1978 Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.
1978 Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.
1979 Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.
1979 Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.
1979 Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.
1979 Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.
1979 Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.
1979 Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.
1979 Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.
1979 Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.
1979 Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.
1979 Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.
1979 Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1979 Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.
1979 For a United Nations Conference on Women.
1979 To include Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women.
1979 Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.
1980 Requests Israel to return displaced persons.
1980 Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.
1980 Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. 3 resolutions.
1980 Afirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.
1980 Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.
1980 Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.
1980 Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women.
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Informationclearinghouse: 30 Years Of U.S. UN Vetoes
How the U.S. has Voted // Vetoed- See any bias - See any pattern ?
1972-2002 Vetoes from the USA
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Year -----Resolution Vetoed by the USA
1972 Condemns Israel for killing hundreds of people in Syria and Lebanon in air raids.
1973 Afirms the rights of the Palestinians and calls on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
1976 Condemns Israel for attacking Lebanese civilians.
1976 Condemns Israel for building settlements in the occupied territories.
1976 Calls for self determination for the Palestinians.
1976 Afirms the rights of the Palestinians.
1978 Urges the permanent members (USA, USSR, UK, France, China) to insure United Nations decisions on the maintenance of international peace and security.
1978 Criticises the living conditions of the Palestinians.
1978 Condemns the Israeli human rights record in occupied territories.
1978 Calls for developed countries to increase the quantity and quality of development assistance to underdeveloped countries.
1979 Calls for an end to all military and nuclear collaboration with the apartheid South Africa.
1979 Strengthens the arms embargo against South Africa.
1979 Offers assistance to all the oppressed people of South Africa and their liberation movement.
1979 Concerns negotiations on disarmament and cessation of the nuclear arms race.
1979 Calls for the return of all inhabitants expelled by Israel.
1979 Demands that Israel desist from human rights violations.
1979 Requests a report on the living conditions of Palestinians in occupied Arab countries.
1979 Offers assistance to the Palestinian people.
1979 Discusses sovereignty over national resources in occupied Arab territories.
1979 Calls for protection of developing counties' exports.
1979 Calls for alternative approaches within the United Nations system for improving the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
1979 Opposes support for intervention in the internal or external affairs of states.
1979 For a United Nations Conference on Women.
1979 To include Palestinian women in the United Nations Conference on Women.
1979 Safeguards rights of developing countries in multinational trade negotiations.
1980 Requests Israel to return displaced persons.
1980 Condemns Israeli policy regarding the living conditions of the Palestinian people.
1980 Condemns Israeli human rights practices in occupied territories. 3 resolutions.
1980 Afirms the right of self determination for the Palestinians.
1980 Offers assistance to the oppressed people of South Africa and their national liberation movement.
1980 Attempts to establish a New International Economic Order to promote the growth of underdeveloped countries and international economic co-operation.
1980 Endorses the Program of Action for Second Half of United Nations Decade for Women.
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WAR ON TERROR
Bush's Big Blunder
On Sept. 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by a single organization, al-Qaida, headed by Osama bin Laden.
We had not been attacked by North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Colombian guerrillas, Philippine guerrillas, the Taliban, Indonesian guerrillas, Muslims in general or anybody else. Just that one organization, al-Qaida, hit us.
Once that was ascertained, President George Bush should have told the American people that we were going to track down the members of that organization and kill them. I believe that was his original intention.
But a cabal of neoconservatives who had long had a plan to make the world safe for Israel and to turn America into an empire hijacked the president's mind, and instead of going after al-Qaida, the president declared war on all of the above. This was the president's big blunder.
Bush's Big Blunder
On Sept. 11, 2001, the United States was attacked by a single organization, al-Qaida, headed by Osama bin Laden.
We had not been attacked by North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Colombian guerrillas, Philippine guerrillas, the Taliban, Indonesian guerrillas, Muslims in general or anybody else. Just that one organization, al-Qaida, hit us.
Once that was ascertained, President George Bush should have told the American people that we were going to track down the members of that organization and kill them. I believe that was his original intention.
But a cabal of neoconservatives who had long had a plan to make the world safe for Israel and to turn America into an empire hijacked the president's mind, and instead of going after al-Qaida, the president declared war on all of the above. This was the president's big blunder.
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