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17/10/2004; 7:54:31 |
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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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The French news agency quotes an Iraqi police officer as saying the police fired into the air to disperse looters who were trying to rob a bank. Eyewitnesses said US troops then fired on a crowd close to the building from nearby rooftops. US forces had earlier denied responsibility for the killings on Tuesday.
Witnesses said US troops fired into a crowd growing increasingly hostile to a speech being given by the town's newly appointed governor.' I saw the looters. One of them cursed me when I tried to reclaim a book of Islamic law from a boy of no more than 10. Amid the ashes of Iraqi history, I found a file blowing in the wind outside: pages of handwritten letters between the court of Sharif Hussein of Mecca, who started the Arab revolt against the Turks for Lawrence of Arabia, and the Ottoman rulers of Baghdad.
And the Americans did nothing.' And the Pentagon indicated it would protect the museum and other culturally important sites. Guess they were too busy watching the oil wells. Another angle: there is an international treaty which makes it illegal to trade in cultural items. So is there no market for the artifacts stolen by the organized smuggling rings? Not quite. The US is not a signatory to the treaty and therefor it is not illegal to sell the items stolen from the museum in the US. . .< 12:59:05 AM  >OpinionJournal - CNN's Access of Evil: The network of record covered Saddam's repression with propaganda. 'For CNN, the highest prize is "access," to score live camera feeds from a story's epicenter. Dictatorships understand this hunger, and also that it provides blackmail opportunities. In exchange for CNN bureaus, dictatorships require adherence to their own rules of reportage. They create conditions where CNN--and other U.S. media--can do little more than toe the regime's line.' The problem is much bigger than this opinion piece states. CNN wants access to Washington as well. There's no question they stroke their sources and colour their stories to make sure they maintain that access. . .< 12:30:22 AM >Pro-Saddam gangs challenge marines' control of Tikrit War in the Gulf: Gangs of Arab tribesmen armed with Kalashnikovs and machine guns were still in control of much of Tikrit last night, a day after US marines apparently liberated the town. [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 12:29:56 AM >Chaos mars talks on Iraqi self-rule Shia group boycotts meeting · 12 die in riots in Mosul · Delegates agree to meet again [Guardian Unlimited] . .< 12:26:23 AM >Coalition 'focused on oilfields' Amnesty International accuses US and British forces in Iraq of doing more to protect the country's oil fields than its people. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] |
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