wOrE aNd PiEcE: 09/21/2003

Text of Kofi Annan's Address
The United Nations, New York, September 23, 2003

Text of Bush's Speech
By The Associated Press, September 23, 2003, 1:33 PM EDT

Wesley Clark: The New Anti-War Candidate?
Record Shows Clark Cheered Iraq War as 'Right Call'
from wwwfair.org, September 16, 2003

Novice for President
Suzi Parker, AlterNet September 23, 2003

Who Pays For Poverty?
Mark Engler, TomPaine.com (featured in AlterNet.org), September 22, 2003

Annan Trounces Bush at UN
Ian Williams, AlterNet, September 23, 2003

Huh?
Iraqi war-themed restaurant forced to change name
September 25, 2003
... featured in AlterNet.org's War on Iraq News Log ...

Courtesy of AntiWar.com ...

The hunt for weapons of mass destruction yields - nothing
Intelligence claims of huge Iraqi stockpiles were wrong, says report
Julian Borger in Washington, Ewen MacAskill and Patrick Wintour, Thursday September 25, 2003, The Guardian

Bush Fails to Gain Pledges on Troops Or Funds for Iraq
National Guard, Reserve May Plug Holes
By Dana Milbank and Colum Lynch, Washington Post, Thursday, September 25, 2003

Liberty in the balance: Citizens across the U.S. speak out
By Sam Stanton and Emily Bazar -- Bee Staff Writers - (Published September 24, 2003)

...

RECONSTRUCTION REQUEST
US eyes special unit for Iraq oil
$8m plan proposes beefed up security and pipeline repair
By Adam Entous, Reuters, 9/25/2003

US report to be inconclusive on search for Iraqi weapons
By Walter Pincus and Dana Priest, Washington Post, 9/25/2003

What the fax are we doing? ...

The Toxic Legacy of the Iraq War
Generational Casualties
By Stan Goff, CounterPunch, September 24, 2003

As ever, check out Cursor.org's Media Patrol.

Great.

Hamas spurns compromise
Associated Press, via GlobeAndMail.com

"We told you so!”
They called us fools, they said we were anti-American, but we were right. Going into Iraq was wrong.
By Bruce E. Jones, Intervention Magazine, Wednesday, September 24 @ 03:49:03

Why Does A Majority Still Support Bush?
Although Iraq has turned into a debacle, a majority of Americans still support Bush. But for how long?
By Regis T. Sabol, Date Wednesday, Intervention Magazine, September 24 @ 18:39:00

... from my homeland ...

A Fairy Tale
The latest presidential candidate arrives in shining armor
by David Corn, LAWeekly, Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2003

The Chameleon Candidate
Wesley Clark, Democrat or Republican?
by Doug Ireland, LAWeekly, Sept. 26 - Oct. 2, 2003

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Iraq Disputes Dominate General Assembly
By Barbara Borst, MyWay News, Sep 25, 2:45 AM (ET)

More U.S. Reservists Might Go to Iraq
By Robert Burns, MyWay News, Sep 25, 2:57 AM (ET)

... hm...

Clark Prepares For New Combat
by Joe Conason, The New York Observer, September 25, 2003

The Terror War Needs Liberal Democrats, Too
by Richard Brookhiser, The New York Observer, September 25, 2003
This column ran on page 4 in the 9/29/2003 edition

Alright, then.

General Wobbled and Weaved as His Candidacy Neared
Clark's Changing Tune on Iraq
by Sydney H. Schanberg, The Village Voice, September 24 - 30, 2003

Mondo Washington
General Alarm
Conspiracy Theorists See Clark as Another Piece of the Waco Puzzle
by James Ridgeway, The Village Voice, September 24 - 30, 2003

Click away.

Peace.

"Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President"
In a scathing critique of the Iraq war, former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland compares President Bush to Lyndon Johnson -- and blasts his lack of service in Vietnam.
By Max Cleland, Salon.com, Sept. 22, 2003

The world press on the U.N. in Iraq
Should the U.N. bail out the U.S. in Iraq? A Guardian writer says not if it helps Bush win reelection.
Compiled by Laura McClure, featured in Salon.com, Sept. 23, 2003

...

What you talkin' bout, Wes?
Sean Gonsalves - Cape Cod Times - 09.22.03 - Featured in WorkingForChange

Bush Accused by Lords of the Bar
They Put Him in a Legal Black Hole
by Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice, September 19th, 2003 5:00 PM
No citizen shall be . . . detained by the United States except pursuant to an Act of Congress. —18 U.S.C. 4001 (a) a law passed by Congress in 1971

Linking Saddam Hussein To 9/11
It was not evidence that persuaded most Americans that Hussein was involved in 9/11, but a relentless campaign of propaganda and deception, one that continues today.
By Lonna VanHorn, Intervention Magazine, Monday, September 22 @ 20:31:47

Annan challenges US on force
UN secretary general to warn that pre-emptive strikes are a threat to world peace and stability
Julian Borger in Washington and Jon Henley in Paris, Tuesday September 23, 2003, The Guardian

Occupational Hazards
The Terrible Truth About Iraq
A Great and Noble Thing?
By TIMOTHY J. FREEMAN, September 17, 2003

A slew of CounterPoint articles on Mr. Wesley Clark... each with handy outside links... judge for yourself.

General Hysteria
The Clark Bandwagon
By DAVE LINDORFF, September 19, 2003

Wesley Clark for President?
Another Con Job from the Neo-Cons
By WAYNE MADSEN, September 18, 2003

The Fire Last Time
Wesley Clark and Waco
By ALEXANDER COCKBURN and JEFFREY ST. CLAIR, September 18, 2003, Originally Published June, 1999

An Open Letter to Michael Moore
You Are Way Off Base About Wesley Clark
By TERRY LODGE, September 17, 2003

Don't Be Fooled Again
Gen. Wesley Clark: War Criminal
By MITCHEL COHEN, September 17, 2003

A Vain, Pompous Brown-noser
Meet the Real Gen. Clark
By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR and ALEXANDER COCKBURN, September 17, 2003, [Originally Published June, 1999]

The General Who Would Be President
Was Wesley Clark Also Unprepared for the Post-War Bloodbath?
By ZOLTAN GROSSMAN, September 10, 2003

... and a more *diplomatic* view by the BBC:

Profile: Wesley Clark
Wesley Clark's credentials for running against President George Bush in 2004 rest squarely on his military reputation.
Last Updated: Wednesday, 17 September, 2003, 12:56 GMT 13:56 UK

Fight root of terror, UN leader tells forum
By Joe Lauria, Boston Globe Correspondent, 9/23/2003
NEW YORK -- United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday said armies alone cannot fight terrorists.

Bush unbending on Iraq
"President" George W Bush has provided an uncompromising defence of United States policies in Iraq, ahead of a major speech to the United Nations on Tuesday.
BBC News, Published: 2003/09/23 04:00:31 GMT

Iraqi leaders to tell Congress of wasteful spending
Patrick E. Tyler, New York Times Monday, September 22, 2003

Bring Our Children Home Now
Nancy Lessin, AlterNet September 22, 2003

America puts Iraq up for sale
By Philip Thornton in Dubai and Andrew Gumbel, The Independent, 22 September 2003

Colombia — Widespread Use of Child Combatants
Santafé de Bogotá, September 18, 2003, at HumanRightsWatch

Mastermind reveals Sept. 11 plot started in 1996
Associated Press, POSTED AT 12:54 PM EDT

Text of US draft resolution on Iraq
courtesy of bbcnews

You can say "Figures" or you can say "Dang" or you can say "...":

Bush to Tell U.N. He Made 'Right Decision' on Iraq
Sun. September 21, 2003 06:47 PM ET, posted at Reuters

Published in the October 6, 2003 issue of The Nation
Stretched Thin, Lied to
On the ground with US troops in Iraq
by Christian Parenti

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