Month: March 2004

Poodle du Jour

March 25, 2004 Off

Australia’s sole support of the U.S. in opposition to the 31-2 motion in the United Nations Commission on Human Rights condemnation of Israel’s extra-judicial killing of Sheik Yassin declares us the American “poodle du jour”.

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Interview with Blix on Disarmament of Iraq

March 17, 2004 Off

New York University has an archived video of an interview with Hans Blix on his perspective on the disarmament of Iraq. Long and revealing, it includes some gems, particularly his characterisation of UNSCOM’s approach as that of “Rambo”. Well done, Richard Butler…

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Mercenaries

March 16, 2004 Off

A revealing article on the private security guards who constitute the second largest force in Iraq after the U.S. military (approximately 10,000). In any other conflict, and with an ethical media, these people would be called what they are: mercenaries.

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Aristede Being Held Against His Will

March 7, 2004 Off

It’s increasingly clear that Aristede was forcibly removed from office. This is despite efforts by the corporate press to paint a rosy picture of the situation in Haiti, talking up the anti-Aristede protests, while downplaying the pro-Aristede protests.

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Would Someone Please Identify the Real President?

March 7, 2004 Off

Now we have the revelation that the Republican advertisement promoting President G.W. Bush didn’t use real firemen, instead using actors. This comes on the heels of the revelation the turkey served by Bush in the Iraq thanksgiving photo-op was also fake, and Paul O’Neill’s revelations that the cabinet meetings were scripted.

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Did the Bush administration force and aid a coup in Haiti?

March 1, 2004 Off

As the corporate media celebrates the stabilisation of Haiti, once again the U.S. stands accused of callous disregard for human life as it so often has been guilty of in conflicts such as Rwanda, Bosnia and the first Haitian coup. However the U.S. administration’s complicity is not limited this time to tacit support of the…

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