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17/10/2004; 9:47:59 |
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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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Fun Neal Pollack article in The Stranger about President Bush's kooky religious beliefs.
This is also the kind of country where the president meets with the members of a radical, far-right millennialist Christian sect three weeks before he counteracts all known international law and opinion regarding the Israeli-Palestinian situation. That sect, known as the Apostolic Congress, opposes any deal with the Palestinians because it believes that Christ won't return to Earth until all of Israel belongs to the Jews and Solomon's temple is rebuilt.
Link (Thanks, Kirsten!) [Boing Boing] . .< 11:59:26 AM  >Daily Show on Ashcroft's Contempt of Congress Lisa Rein has posted some Daily Show clips from June including the stunning segment on Ashcroft's weaselling on torture before Congress. Watching Ashcroft spin and dodge and weave around Contempt of Congress is astonishing -- why isn't this man in jail RIGHT NOW?
. .< 1:00:43 AM >Rumsfeld Issued an Order to Hide Detainee in Iraq The prisoner and other "ghost detainees" were hidden largely to prevent the Red Cross from monitoring their treatment. [New York Times: International] 'Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, the Army officer who in February investigated abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison, criticized the practice of allowing ghost detainees there and at other detention centers as "deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine, and in violation of international law."
This prisoner, who has not been named, is believed to be the first to have been kept off the books at the orders of Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Tenet. He was not held at Abu Ghraib, but at another prison, Camp Cropper, on the outskirts of Baghdad International Airport, officials said.' . .< 12:49:48 AM >No Iraqi link to 9/11 - US report US commission's findings bluntly contradict White House claims. [Guardian Unlimited] 'A poll by the University of Maryland in April found that 57% of Americans believed that Iraq helped al-Qaida before the war, and 20% believed Iraq was linked to the September 11 attacks.' Good grief. . .< 12:23:40 AM >Ex-officials lash Bush policies Former US diplomats and generals condemn a foreign policy they see as marked by ideology and indifference. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] 'Another former ambassador, Phyllis Oakley, said the need for change was unprecedented.
"Today we see that structure crumbling under an administration blinded by ideology and a callous indifference to the realities of the world around it," she said.
"Never before have so many of us felt the need for a major change in the direction of our foreign policy."
The former officials have launched their call for change in a presidential election year, but the group is made up of both Democrats and members of Mr Bush's Republican Party.
Known critics of the administration were deliberately excluded from it.' Read this article. The report is extraordinarily (but appropriately) damning. |
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