Month: April 2004

While the neocons pat themselves on the back for finally settling on an excuse (regime change) to have invaded Iraq, there are now appearing sites which illustrate some of the cost of this insane expedition. Don’t expect the corporate media to print any of these, the mandarins learnt their lessons from the Vietnam and Falklands…

On May 8th, the World Tribunal on Iraq is holding it’s hearings in New York. This is a world wide tribunal to consider the actions of the U.S. and it’s allies in the C.P.A in the illegal invasion of Iraq as crimes against humanity. The principle human rights violation of crime against the peace was…

Lest we all adopt the “don’t worry, be happy” attitude of the Bush administration towards Afghanistan, post U.S. invasion of that country, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan illuminates the continuing plight of the women of that country.

A well written summary of Iraq’s military history and the impact of oil influence and control. Particularly revealing for me was the degree of influence BP has on the Blair government, while we’re all well aware of the influence oil companies have on the Bush government.

An insightful article on the religious lunacy controlling (through a minority voting block) U.S. foreign policy.

So now the Bush Admin has realised no country that forms it’s foreign policy in some consultation with its citizens wants to engage in illegal occupations, there is a need to draft further peace-keepers. In classically racist fashion, the Bush administration is targetting African countries to receive funding to train and provide “peacekeepers”. This is…

According to former treasury secretary Paul O’Neill’s revelations, it is now known that the Bush whitehouse had unilaterally planned to depose Saddam ten days after presidential inauguration. Completely in contravention of the U.N principle of military preemption to which the U.S. is legally obligated to.

Since the tax day in the U.S. is due, I found a good guide to withholding taxes which are used to fund the current illegal war against Iraq. I found this on the Iraq Peace Team web site, part of the Voices in the Wilderness organisation. At the moment I’m following the fourth recommendation, earn…