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Thursday, December 12, 2002 |
3 QUOTES TODAY ON DIPLOMACY
"In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known."
- - Thomas Pickering
"Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country."
- - Ambrose Bierce
"Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week."
- - Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
RHINO HERE:
In an era where the major news outlets in the U.S. are controlled by bottom line focused corporations (remember it's the TV broadcasters that get most of the millions of dollars spent on our election campaigns), its a breath of fresh air to find news sources with a different perspective. One such source is WorldLink TV:
http://www.worldlinktv.com
Available as a basic channel on both the Direct TV (Channel 375) and the Dish Network (Channel 9410) satellite systems, WorldLink broadcasts cutting edge documentaries from around the world, daily news reports from Europe, and the Middle East, and music videos. But you wont be seeing Van Halen or the Rolling Stones on WorldLink. They play 2 hour blocks of musical artists from everywhere except the U.S.
Okay, I'll admit it. I'm partial to WorldLink because I've been working with them curating a series called, "First Peoples TV", which is the first nationally broadcast, regularly scheduled series in the U.S. dealing with Indigenous peoples issues - every Thursday night.
http://www.dreamcatchers.org/fptv/index.html
Another source of alternative news perspective is Asia Times Online, an excellent Internet-only publication examining geopolitical, political, economic & business issues from an Asian perspective.
http://www.atimes.com
Besides their English language website listed above, they also provide their articles to Chinese language readers around the world at:
http://www.asiatimes-chinese.com
They currently have in depth articles regarding the interception by Spanish warships & American inspectors of a North Korean vessel, 600 miles east of the Horn of Africa carrying Scud missiles bound for Yemen.
"PYONGYANG WATCH - Scuds Across The Sea"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DL12Dg06.html
"US - Pyongyang Relations: The Big Picture"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/DL12Dg01.html
And the article excerpted below tells amazing tales of the "war spin" games now being played in the Gulf emirate of Qatar and at the United Nations.
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By Pepe Escobar, Asia Times Online, 12/12/02
There's growing indication now that a massive US attack against Iraq is practically set for January, no matter what is contained in Iraq's weapons declaration and no matter what United Nations inspectors find out on the ground. An ambassador to the UN who insisted on remaining anonymous assured Asia Times Online that "at any moment we could be facing an official statement from the White House saying Iraq is in material breach of Resolution 1441. We are all helpless against it at the UN."
The buzz is intense at the UN regarding the fabulous photocopying capabilities of the US government compared to those of the multilateral body. The US received its instant copy of the mammoth Iraqi weapons declaration before anyone else - then handed copies to the other four permanent members of the Security Council (France, Britain, Russia and China), all of them nuclear powers. The other 10 rotating members, all of them non-nuclear powers, were excluded - and will only get their edited copies by the end of the week. Syria already has protested loudly against the discrimination, and along with Norway has demanded access to the full unedited version. Iraq qualifies the whole process as "unparalleled banditry"...
THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IS AT:
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL12Ak01.html
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