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Alleged NSA memo details U.S. eavesdropping at U.N.

Baltimore – In a rare leak that could prove embarrassing to the U.S. government, a British newspaper has printed a seemingly authentic National Security Agency memo ordering stepped-up eavesdropping against countries on the U.N. Security Council whose votes are crucial … Continue reading →

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Manipulation of the Public Builds Along With War Clouds

More than 30 times in the last seven months, Bush has used variations on a theme to describe the U.S. as vulnerable. For example, speaking to a conference of religious broadcasters in Nashville on Feb. 10, he said that before … Continue reading →

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Top Bush Aides Worked for Pro-War Think Tank

Could Tony Blair look at the internet now, please? Why is the British Prime Minister the only person who seems to be unaware of the US hawks’ agenda. It’s heart-warming to hear Tony Blair’s concern for the plight of the … Continue reading →

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US Caught Spying on UN Security Council

New York (The Observer) – The United States government is conducting a secret ‘dirty tricks’ campaign against UN Security Council delegations in New York as part of its battle to win votes in favour of war against Iraq. Details of … Continue reading →

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Arab Nations Oppose US Attack on Iraq

Ankara, Turkey (AFP) The United States suffered a double setback in its war designs on Iraq when Turkey unexpectedly refused to allow US forces to deploy on its soil, and the Arab league turned thumbs down on any Arab participation … Continue reading →

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U.S. Diplomat Resigns, Protesting ‘Our Fervent Pursuit of War’

The diplomat, John Brady Kiesling, the political counselor at the United States Embassy in Athens, said in his resignation letter, “Our fervent pursuit of war with Iraq is driving us to squander the international legitimacy that has been America’s most … Continue reading →

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Bush Channels Neoconservative Vision

But the speech was notable as much for its venue as its content. AEI’s foreign policy “scholars” are closely identified with the most unilateralist and pro-Likud elements in the Bush administration. The institute serves as the hub of a tightly … Continue reading →

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Intimations of imperial arrogance

Why the priority and urgency of regime change in Iraq over dealing with other enemies in the “axis of evil”? North Korea has nuclear weapons and the apparent ability to deliver them to the United States. And isn’t al-Qaida’s threat … Continue reading →

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Hawks to Bush: Military spending is inadequate

In a letter to the president released on the eve of his State of the Union address, the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), whose alumni include both figures close to Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick … Continue reading →

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Russia ‘prepared to use veto’

The United States, Britain and Spain have proposed a resolution declaring that Iraq has missed its last chance to disarm. If approved, it could clear the way for a U.S.-led war on Iraq, which Russia, France and China oppose. “We … Continue reading →

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