wOrE aNd PiEcE

Kennedy says Iraq war case a 'fraud'
by Steve LeBlanc, Salon.com, Sept. 19, 2003

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THE NEXT PHASE
2 U.S. Fronts: Quick Wars, but Bloody Peace
By AMY WALDMAN and DEXTER FILKINS, The New York Times, September 19, 2003
[Requires NYTimes online subscription]

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While we're at it ...

Stop the Presses
9/11/01: Where Was George?
by Eric Alterman, The Nation, from the October 6, 2003 issue

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A Clear & Present Danger
The Bush Administration is a "clear and present danger" to America, here is why, and what Americans need to do.
By Kurt Gessner, Intervention Magazine, Date Wednesday, September 17 @ 13:11:42

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Eternal Vigilance
Presidents during wartime often curtail civil liberties in the name of national freedom, as George Bush is now doing.
By William Marvel, Intervention Magazine, Date Tuesday, September 16 @ 15:02:37

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"Better in Middle East than in Middle America"
Donald Rumsfeld says our war in Iraq makes America secure, the truth is our war in Iraq makes Americans unsafe.
By Stewart Nusbaumer, Intervention Magazine, Date Wednesday, September 17 @ 19:34:33

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Angry Fiction
By John Cory, TO correspondent in Saudi Arabia, t r u t h o u t | Perspective, Friday 19 September 2003

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Comment
We are facing death in Iraq for no reason
A serving US soldier calls for the end of an occupation based on lies
Tim Predmore, Friday September 19, 2003, The Guardian

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Again...
Bush: No proof of Saddam role in 9/11
By Terence Hunt, Salon.com, Sept. 17, 2003

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Blix: Saddam destroyed his weapons of mass destruction a decade ago
By David Usborne in New York and Nigel Morris in London, featured in The Independent, 18 September 2003

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Also, courtesy of Le Monde Diplomatique:

Maps
Know the ground

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Check out Le Monde Diplomatique's Focus on Iraq.

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Let's see now ... First Mr. Rumsfeld -er- acknowledged (see below) the non-link between Iraq/Hussein and 9/11 ... Now Mr. Bush is saying it ... Will Mr. Cheney be next, or will he go the Mr. Tenet route?

Stay tuned!

Bush puts distance on a Hussein link to 9/11
By Wayne Washington, The Boston Globe, 9/18/2003

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Cheney's misspeaking streak
By Derrick Z. Jackson, The Boston Globe, 9/17/2003

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Wha?

Rumsfeld Sees No Link Between Iraq, 9/11
Rumsfeld Says Iraq Likely Not Involved in 9/11, Contrary to Stronger Statement by Cheney
The Associated Press, Washington, DC, Sept. 16, 2003

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The real cost of war
Bill Berkowitz - WorkingForChange - 09.17.03



Get yours today.

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Half-baked whoppers hard to swallow
Joe Conason - The New York Observer - via WorkingForChange - 09.17.03

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Us vs. us?
Molly Ivins - Creators Syndicate - as seen in WorkingForChange - 09.16.03

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White House's cynical Iraq ploy
Robert Scheer - Creators Syndicate - posted at WorkingForChange - 09.16.03

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Boxing George Bush Into a Corner in 2004
Come Out Fighting
by Rick Perlstein, The Village Voice, September 17 - 23, 2003

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Mondo Washington
Let George Undo It
Bush's Big Tent Has Some Tears—Even on the Right Side
by James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, September 17 - 23, 2003

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A Texas Hoax May Be the President's Waterloo
Bush's New Federal Math Leaves Kids Far Behind by Sydney H. Schanberg
by Sydney H. Schanberg The Village Voice, September 17 - 23, 2003

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Kleptocrat Nation
by Jim Hightower, in the Nation, posted September 3, 2003

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Bush Must Admit the Error of His Ways
column left by Robert Scheer, in the Nation, posted online on September 9, 2003

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Free Trade Is War
Lookout by Naomi Klein, in The Nation, from the September 29, 2003 issue

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Betrayal of Trust
George Lakoff, AlterNet, September 15, 2003

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They Volunteered, Didn't They?
Darci Andresen, AlterNet, September 11, 2003

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Check this out.

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The Upside-Down World
Make War, Not Love
Eduardo Galeano, September 2003 Issue of The Progressive

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The Progressive magazine's Editor Matthew Rothschild comments on the news of the day, September 9, 2003
Opening the Vault for Empire

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Free Speech Zones
As Bush spreads lies throughout the land, dissenters are corralled into “Free Speech Zones” –- is this America?
By Mick Youther, Intervention Magazine, Monday, September 08 @ 19:26:46

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$87 Billion For Catastrophe
With joblessness and poverty rising, with education and public services deteriorating, with US soldiers and Iraqi civilians dying, the President wants $87 billion to stay the course.
By Regis T. Sabol, Intervention Magazine, Wednesday, September 10 @ 06:06:47

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Feeling 'dragged along'?
Sean Gonsalves - Cape Cod Times / WorkingForChange

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The Scourge of Militarism
In the neoconservative world view, America was to be the new Rome. But the neocons learned the wrong lessons from Rome's imperial experience.
Chalmers Johnson, MotherJones.com, September 12, 2003

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Ban the Sun
The strange case of two Afghanistan editors and their now-closed critical paper
by Ben Ehrenreich, LAWeekly, September 12 - 18, 2003

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Check out Alternet's Top Stories NOW!

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HOW BUSH CHEAPENED 9/11
Two Years After the Horror, Business as Usual
TED RALL, 9/9/03

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