August 2004

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LONDON – “The moral arm of the universe is long”, Martin Luther King once said in one of his memorable speeches. “It bends towards justice”. But it is doubtful if the people of Cambodia, the site of the original “Killing Fields”, feel that this is likely. Yet their understandable cynicism may about to be confounded. Cambodia‚” National Assembly is poised to approve a government decision to ratify a treaty, over a decade in the making, that will empower a special court to try surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge, the communist movement that was seized with a mission to refashion the social and economic structure of their country by the sword and the bullet. Cambodia incarnates the worst horrors of being caught in the crossfires of war. It was heavily bombed in secret by the Nixon administration. Then when the Vietnamese invaded in 1979 Washington had the audacity to line up...

. In our Western culture one is judged to be either fully engaged with one’s emotions and one’s deeds or one is dangerously pathological. No one has epitomized this dilemma more than Robert McNamara whose steely tenure as U.S. Secretary of Defense under both president Kennedy and Johnston is still the subject of awed conversation. Imagine the sang froid of the present incumbent, Donald Rumsfeld, and then square it. He presided over the Pentagon during both the Cuban missile crisis and during the great build up in Vietnam when he initiated the concept of “body counts” to measure the progress U.S. forces were making. He obviously did sleep at night, despite his self-confessed “moral tension”, until one day on November 2nd, 1965, a young Quaker, a father of three, burned himself to death within 40 feet of McNamara’s office window. This act, McNamara, later confessed, took him to “the breaking...

BBC NewsUN urges global action on Darfur Dawn.comEU sees no evidence of genocide in Darfur GuardianDarfur’s deep grievances defy all hopes for an easy solution Tracy McNicoll, IHTSanctions on Sudan have little chance of working Omvärldsbilder.sePå jakt efter flaskhalsen för bistånd åt Darfur Omvärldsbilder.seDarfur – folkmordet som kanske “bara” blir en humanitär katastrof John Laughland, ScoopFill full the mouth of famine Enver Masud, The Wisdom FundSudan, Oil, and African Muslim vs. African Muslim Norm Dixon, Green LeftSudan: Oil profits behind West’s tears for Darfur Samson Mulugeta, TruthoutHumanitarian Disaster in Sudan

National Nine NewsIraq war a gift to Osama: CIA Sabrina Tavernise, IHTChalabi calls Iraqi judge a U.S. puppet Kurdish MediaKurdish language banned in the Iraqi Ministry of Defence News and StarWar killed my Peter Jamie Tarabay, TruthoutIraq Issues Arrest Warrants for Chalabi, Nephew Robert Scheer, TruthoutBush’s Big Blunder: Chalabi Mike Lee, TruthoutCasualty Ward Luke Baker, TruthoutIraq Reimpoes Death Penalty Rawya Rageh, TruthoutIraqi government shuts Al-Jazeera Station Jonathan Freedland, ICHThe Failed Occupation John F. Burns, The NYTIraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos Larry Chin, Global ResearchUS occupation “hands over” Iraq to lethal puppet regime

Ministerbetjening, ministerbetjening, ministerbetjening 16 augusti 2004 Vi er nu nået til tredje akt i det absurde teaterstykke, der i analogi med de store skueprocesser i Moskva 1936-38 er blevet døbt ‘Grevil-sagen’. Første akt bestod i min anonyme fremlæggelse af egenhændigt nedklassificerede rapporter i Berlingske Tidende i februar og marts. Andet akt udgjordes af min fremtræden med navn og billede i Information i april samt den efterfølgende mediestorm, som uden min direkte medvirken kostede en forsvarsminister taburetten samt en sigtelse for brud på tavshedspligten. Tredje akt bliver en retssag, hvor jeg står tiltalt for at have overtrådt straffelovens bestemmelser om uberettiget videregivelse eller udnyttelse af fortrolige oplysninger. Statsanklageren har ovenikøbet valgt at påberåbe sig særligt skærpende omstændigheder. Da jeg aldrig har modtaget betaling for at stille rapporterne til rådighed eller lade mig interviewe, må det skærpende bestå i, at "videregivelsen eller udnyttelsen er sket under sådanne omstændigheder, at det påfører andre...

Picks of global affairs Features collected by TFF • September 2, 2004 Paul Krugman, AlterNet A reckoning for the media machine Howard Kurts, Washington Post On WMD – Prewar articles questioning threat often didn’t make front page Greg Palast, the Observer Why Venezuela has voted again for their ‘negro and indio’ President TruthOut The environment – The big picture C. J. Chivers, International Herald Tribune Georgia’s leader walks a separatist tightrope Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies The roller coaster of relevance: The Security Council, Europe and the US War in Iraq Robert E. Hunter, Christian Science Monitor US troop withdrawal costly to alliances The United Nations 57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action – 8-10 September 2004 United Nations Headquarters, New York Tarq Ramadan, International Herald Tribune What does America have to fear from me? Global Issues US backs out of nuclear inspection treaty Codes...

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The forthcoming US elections Features collected by TFF • August 16, 2004 Manuel Valenzuela, ICH The Ghost of Orwell is Upon us Alexander Cockburn, ICH Bush v. Kerry? Not Even a Dime’s Worth of Difference Ray McGovern, ICH Not scared yet? Try connecting these dots J. Stanton, News Insider Kings of Pain: Britain, United States and Israel Related Feature Collections Who is George W. Bush? – October 27, 2004 US Presidential Elections – August 16, 2004 US Presidential Elections – October 24, 2004 The US Empire – what future, what end? – November 1, 2004 Ronald Bruce St. John, FPF High Time Bush Defines the Enemy William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Fabricating Terror Paul Krugman, Truthout Bush’s Own Goal Waging Peace US Presidential Candidate Report Card: Turn the Tide in US Nuclear Policy Back to front page

The ongoing US terror in Iraq Features collected by TFF • August 16, 2004 National Nine News Iraq war a gift to Osama: CIA Sabrina Tavernise, IHT Chalabi calls Iraqi judge a U.S. puppet Kurdish Media Kurdish language banned in the Iraqi Ministry of Defence News and Star War killed my Peter Jamie Tarabay, Truthout Iraq Issues Arrest Warrants for Chalabi, Nephew Robert Scheer, Truthout Bush’s Big Blunder: Chalabi Mike Lee, Truthout Casualty Ward Luke Baker, Truthout Iraq Reimpoes Death Penalty Rawya Rageh, Truthout Iraqi government shuts Al-Jazeera Station Jonathan Freedland, ICH The Failed Occupation John F. Burns, The NYT Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos Larry Chin, Global Research US occupation "hands over" Iraq to lethal puppet regime Back to front page

The crisis in Darfur, Sudan Features collected by TFF • August 16, 2004 BBC News UN urges global action on Darfur Dawn.com EU sees no evidence of genocide in Darfur Guardian Darfur’s deep grievances defy all hopes for an easy solution Tracy McNicoll, IHT Sanctions on Sudan have little chance of working Omvärldsbilder.se På jakt efter flaskhalsen för bistånd åt Darfur Omvärldsbilder.se Darfur – folkmordet som kanske "bara" blir en humanitär katastrof John Laughland, Scoop Fill full the mouth of famine Enver Masud, The Wisdom Fund Sudan, Oil, and African Muslim vs. African Muslim Norm Dixon, Green Left Sudan: Oil profits behind West’s tears for Darfur Samson Mulugeta, Truthout Humanitarian Disaster in Sudan Back to front page

Av FRANK SØHOLM GREVIL 16 augusti 2004  Vi er nu nået til tredje akt i det absurde teaterstykke, der i analogi med de store skueprocesser i Moskva 1936-38 er blevet døbt ‘Grevil-sagen’. Første akt bestod i min anonyme fremlæggelse af egenhændigt nedklassificerede rapporter i Berlingske Tidende i februar og marts. Andet akt udgjordes af min fremtræden med navn og billede i Information i april samt den efterfølgende mediestorm, som uden min direkte medvirken kostede en forsvarsminister taburetten samt en sigtelse for brud på tavshedspligten. Tredje akt bliver en retssag, hvor jeg står tiltalt for at have overtrådt straffelovens bestemmelser om uberettiget videregivelse eller udnyttelse af fortrolige oplysninger. Statsanklageren har ovenikøbet valgt at påberåbe sig særligt skærpende omstændigheder. Da jeg aldrig har modtaget betaling for at stille rapporterne til rådighed eller lade mig interviewe, må det skærpende bestå i, at “videregivelsen eller udnyttelsen er sket under sådanne omstændigheder, at det påfører...