Yearly Archives: 2003

Three giant cargo ships are being tracked by US and British intelligence on suspicion that they might be carrying Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Each with a deadweight of 35,000 to 40,000 tonnes, the ships have been sailing around the … Continue reading →

Huge waves of demonstrations not seen since the Vietnam war jammed more than 600 towns and cities around the world over the weekend as protesters from Tasmania to Iceland marched against war in Iraq. Up to 30 million people demonstrated … Continue reading →

Washington – Sometimes parody says it better than plain truth. Two stories this week in the celebrated American satirical magazine The Onion convey the bizarre scenario that is not unfolding across the world but in the mainstream US media. In … Continue reading →

On Saturday Februar 15, 2003, we stood on the Capitol steps in Austin, Texas — across the street from the governor’s mansion where George W. Bush once lived — and spoke to 10,000 Texans who had gathered to reject Bush’s … Continue reading →

London, United Kindgom (AP) – Prime Minister Tony Blair’s popularity has slumped amid concern over the Iraq crisis, according to an opinion poll published Monday. The British prime minister was rated as satisfactory by only 35 percent of respondents to … Continue reading →

Downing Street [the residence of the Prime Minister] is at panic stations as the full implications of Hans Blix’s inspections report sink in. The two main US-British arguments in favour of launching a war on Iraq next month – that … Continue reading →

New York – On streets of beauty, the warm people inched along or stood and chanted and laughed against a war and for peace and their warmth made the winter temperature irrelevant. They were summer people in winter clothes. They … Continue reading →

‘Are there any more coming, then?’ There have been dafter questions, but not many. At 1.10 yesterday afternoon, Mike Wiseman from Newcastle upon Tyne placed his accordion carefully on the ground below Hyde Park’s gates and rubbed cold hands together. … Continue reading →

Dublin, Ireland – Well over 100,000 people attended anti-war demonstrations in Dublin and Belfast yesterday adding their voice to the millions around the world expressing opposition to the expected US-led war in Iraq. Singers, political figures and clergymen joined demonstrators … Continue reading →

London, United Kingdom – Millions of protesters — many of them marching in the capitals of America’s traditional allies — demonstrated Saturday against possible U.S. plans to attack Iraq. In a global outpouring of anti-war sentiment, Rome claimed the biggest … Continue reading →