FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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And with all the good will Bush has generated in this part of the world we're sure he'll succeed where others have failed. And soon. . .< 5:28:22 PM  >Under fire in Nasiriya US Marines are continuing to experience stubborn resistance from Iraqi troops around Nasiriya. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 5:27:48 PM >US soldiers' Iraq war tales US soldiers injured in Iraq say they are surprised by the fierce Iraqi resistance, after earlier predictions of mass surrenders. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Are your political leaders incompetent or did they lie to you? . .< 5:25:53 PM >In pictures: Anti-war protests Thousands of people around the world stage rallies in protest of the US-led war against Iraq. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 5:23:43 PM >US walks out of UN debate US ambassador John Negroponte walks out of the UN as Iraq condemns US aggression in a council debate. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] Alone again. . .< 5:22:32 PM >Coalition 'breaking Saddam's grip' President Bush says the US-led forces will press on for "however long it takes" to topple the Iraqi leader. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 5:20:34 PM >Fearful for the future Cizre dispatch: Turkish Kurds, whose recent history is one of suffering and death, fear that the war in Iraq could make their harsh existence even worse, writes Helena Smith on the Turkish-Iraqi border [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 10:55:06 AM >"This is the ground war that was... "This is the ground war that was not going to happen in (Rumsfeld's) plan," said a Pentagon official. Because the Pentagon didn't commit overwhelming force, "now we have three divisions strung out over 300-plus miles and the follow-on division, our reserve, is probably three weeks away from landing." [Daypop Top 40] . .< 10:52:26 AM >Opinions Begin to Shift as Public Weighs War Costs 'Americans said Mr. Bush had failed to give them enough information about how long the war might last, how much it might cost and how many Americans might die in the effort. They also said Mr. Bush had failed to detail how the administration would manage a postwar Iraq.' Next time, vote. Of course it might help if your votes were counted. . .< 10:44:21 AM >Presidential candidate Howard Dean gave a talk at Harvard last night. He asked an interesting question. Next year, how will we feel when China invades Taiwan because they think they have weapons of mass destruction? Has the new Bush Doctrine, pre-emptive wars, unleashed a philosophy of world power that we may not be so comfortable with? [Scripting News] I assume that's a rhetorical question. Someone should ask Wolfowitz how he'll deal with that problem since he's the mind behind the 'Bush' doctrine. Dubbya has no mind. . .< 10:39:10 AM >Conflict of interest: the sites you need to see Online: Jane Perrone on the best of the warblogs. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 10:38:44 AM >Not just for the record Comment: The volunteers who run iraqbodycount.org are carrying out a fundamental human duty, says John Sloboda. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 10:36:32 AM >Indonesia: softbed of opposition to the war Jakarta dispatch: The world's most populous Muslim country has not been rocked by anti-war protests, writes John Aglionby. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 10:35:57 AM >Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Would the real George Bush please stand down 'Most of those who regularly monitor Mr Bush's speech patterns believe that it was the genuine article who spoke at Central Command HQ in Florida yesterday, pointing to a characteristic tendency toward quasi-biblical phrasing - "There will be a day of reckoning for the Iraqi regime, and that day is drawing in near" - and an almost total absence of words of more than three syllables. Other experts disagree, pointing out that these consistencies originate with speech writers rather then the president himself, and that Bush's main vocal technique - the bewildered pause - is only too easy to imitate.' . .< 10:30:44 AM >Arab press laments Iraq war With the war in Iraq about to enter its second week, the Arabic press on Thursday continued to comment critically [BBC News | World | UK Edition] . .< 2:28:23 AM >Make wanderlust, not war Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community. [Salon] Do it! Get your head out of your ass. . .< 2:25:19 AM >Sticker shock -- and awe The White House and Pentagon insist they didn't try to sell us a quick and easy war. Then, on Tuesday, they did it again. [Salon] . .< 12:22:02 AM >The Saddam in Rumsfeld's Closet 'In 1984, Donald Rumsfeld was in a position to draw the world?s attention to Saddam?s chemical threat. He was in Baghdad as the UN concluded that chemical weapons had been used against Iran. He was armed with a fresh communication from the State Department that it had ?available evidence? Iraq was using chemical weapons. But Rumsfeld said nothing.' I thought it would be a good time to bring up this story again. . .< 12:08:09 AM >new Index Of Evil is an application of Weblogs.Com. "EvilBot downloads every blog that's changed since it last downloaded the list and looks for words like Ashcroft, Hussein, Saddam or Osama." [Scripting News] Cool. But where's Rumsfeld? . .< 12:04:26 AM >International news from swissinfo, the Swiss news platform [Jake's Radio 'Blog] 'The head of the world's biggest journalists' organisation says a U.S. bomb and missile attack on Iraqi television was an attempt at censorship and may have breached the Geneva Conventions.' . .< 12:00:58 AM >Television agendas shape images of war Media: US focuses on patriotism, Arabs see horrors, British have eyes on the west and Iraq favours Saddam. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 12:00:06 AM >The rest of the world's hot spots get hotter World: Crises deepen in India, North Korea and Israel. [Guardian Unlimited] |
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