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Why West is losing – About a pathbreaking book by a CIA analystEric Margolis in The Toronto Sun The new cold war with IslamMohawid H. Shah in the Christian Science Monitor andThe Wisdom Fund House Republicans and Democrats unite in linking Iraq with 9/11Stephen Zunes on Common Dreams Cat Stevens to take legal actionBBC One war to alienate moderate Muslims: deport CatBackground to who Cat Stevens/Yusuf Islam isand his work for peaceMansoor Ijaz in The Christian Science Monitor

The story behind – Democracy Now! Who seized Simona Torretta?This Iraqi kidnapping has the mark of an undercover police operationBy Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill, The Guardian, Thursday September 16, 2004 Iraqi aid coordinator resigns after abduction of Italian colleaguesReliefWeb, September 9, 2004 Italians unite around hostagesOccupation Watch, September 9, 2004 Website boasts ‘slaughter’ of womenRory McCarthy, The Guardian, September 24, 2004 Free Our Friends -current news and info about the case Bridge to Baghdad official website Petition – free our friends, they are not instruments of the occupying forcesPlease express your solidarity by signing the petition on this page! Says Jan Oberg, TFF director, “I signed it with the comment that the world needs millions of bridges for peace like these courageous people.” He adds: “Those of us working for peace know the risks people take when going to war zones. The two Simonas and their Iraqi colleagues have...

Imad Salamey and Frederic Pearson, FPIFToward a US Exit Strategy from Iraqand a Transition to Full Sovereignty International Crisis GroupReconstructing IraqMiddle East report N 30 Peyman Pejman, Common DreamsRebels Begin to Control More Areas in Iraq Tom Regan, TruthoutReport: Civil War most Likely Outcome in Iraq Robert Fisk, TruthoutWe Should Not Have Allowed 19 Murderers to Change our World William Rivers Pitt, TruthoutOne Thousand and One Steve Weissman, TruthoutAmericans: The Missionary Position Bassem Mroue, TruthoutThousands of Iraqis Estimated Killed The NY TimesA Look at 1000 Who Died

Daniel Schorr, CSM,Loose nukes, Russian instabilityOne thing that hasn’t changed much in Russia since Soviet days is the tendency of high officials to cover up when disaster strikes. Coloner Dougla Macgregor, comw.orgArmy Transformation: Implications for the FutureCurrent Army transformation programs are not informed by the realities of modern combat or rigorous testing and experimentation. Frank W. Moore, comw.orgChina’s Military CapabilitiesThe article begins by looking at recent trends and likely future developments in China’s nuclear and conventional forces. Bruce Springsteen, The NY TimesChords for ChangeAbout the nation’s artists’ and musicians’ place in its social and political life – or what it means to be American. William M. Arkin, Yahoo news‘Star Wars’: Pie in the SkyThe missile defense being set up makes no sense financially or strategically. Marc Morano, CNS NewsBush Leading America Into ‘Snake Pit of Fascism,’ Congressman Says

Elsa Boller, Bruderhof CommunitiesA Day At Arrow ParkJust because someone has a good job and an important titledoesn’t mean they make a lot of money. Johann Christoph Arnold, Bruderhof CommunitiesThe Weapon of ForgivenessIn this age of “new wars” we have been made aware of smart bombs and dirty bombs, mini-nukes and biological weapons. Abraham H. Foxman and Wade Henderson, IHTA Partnership to Fight Hate and IntoleranceThe OSCE meeting in Brussels

Bertel Haarder, Politiken.dkHård kritik af VK-plan om ulandsbistand till militæretOppositionen kalder det ‘et alvorligt skred’ i dansk udenrigspolitik, at regeringen vil bruge penge fra ulandsbistanden til militære opgaver. Nyhederne.tv.dk30 ud af 35 lande vil af med Bush

International – The NewsWhite House blocked probe of 9/11 – Saudi link Maureen Dowd, IHTThe return of the Terrifier in Chief William Pfaff, IHTThe pattern is global, but the causes are local The Wisdom FundNew ‘Prime Suspect in the Mass Murders of 9/11’ William M. Arkin, Yahoo newsDefenseFive Big American Blunders in Terror War Jim Lobe, Common DreamsSeeking Method in the Madness of Abu GhraibAn Interview with Belgian Philosopher Lieven De Cauter

Andrew Buncombe, Common Dreams‘I Saw Papers That Show US Knew al-Qa’idaWould Attack Cities With Airplanes’Whistleblower the White House wants to silencespeaks to The Independent Disinfopedia.orgColeen Rowley Public Accuracy.orgThe Katharine Gun CaseKatharine Gun, a British former government employee, faced two years imprisonment in England for the “crime” of telling the truth. Ray McGovern, Counterpunch.orgBlowing Smoke on IntelligenceTurning Liability into Asset Daniel Ellsberg, Ellsberg.netSecrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers Kata Kertesz, TruthoutEllsberg Urges Insiders to Leak Iraq Info

Paul Krugman, AlterNetA reckoning for the media machine Howard Kurts, Washington PostOn WMD – Prewar articles questioning threat often didn’t make front page Greg Palast, the ObserverWhy Venezuela has voted again for their ‘negro and indio’ President TruthOutThe environment – The big picture C. J. Chivers, International Herald TribuneGeorgia’s leader walks a separatist tightrope Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy StudiesThe roller coaster of relevance: The Security Council, Europe and the US War in Iraq Robert E. Hunter, Christian Science MonitorUS troop withdrawal costly to alliances The United Nations57th Annual DPI/NGO Conference. Millennium Development Goals: Civil Society Takes Action – 8-10 September 2004 United Nations Headquarters, New York Tarq Ramadan, International Herald TribuneWhat does America have to fear from me? Global IssuesUS backs out of nuclear inspection treatyCodes of conduct on arms trade weakerChaves won the referendumEmbedded journalism a propaganda technique – and much more Jonathan Steele, The GuardianUS claims over...

Nye terrortrusler mod DanmarkJyllands-Posten Socialdemokratiet søger borgfred om IrakPolitiken Socialdemokratiet kræver langsigtet plan for IrakstyrkenPolitiken “Motståndet i Irak behöver politiskt stöd”Samtal med Sammi Alaa, Irakiska patriotiska alliansen och ordförande för den danska Kommitén för ett fritt IrakProletären Udenlandsk støtte til Frank Grevil – samtale med Daniel EllsbergInformation Iraks regeringschef: Terrorister vælter ind i IrakJyllands-Posten

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