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TFF’s Comprehensive Link Library Collection Iraq 1Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 3Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 2Read the newest materials on Iraq here Articles by non-TFF Associates F e a t u r e s TFF Feature Collection, February 1, 2005Iraq Analyses: The resistance & the electionsPlus human rights, WMDs, the occupation in a wider strategic perspective and the destruction of BabylonSome 40 articles on aspects we should keep in mind in the future. They offer perspectives on what to learn and what to remember when they build up the next crisis… TFF Feature – Farhang Jahanpour, January 14, 2005The Iraqi elections must go ahead as scheduled: the alternative is much worseThere are four main groups inside Iraq who oppose the elections. In spite of spiralling violence, elections should be held. Jahanpour argues postponing the elections does not promise a...

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...

LinksTFF’s Comprehensive Link Library Collection Iraq 4Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 3Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 1Read the newest materials on Iraq here Articles by non-TFF Associates F e a t u r e s Occupation Crisis (Dec. 5, 2003) Howard LaFranchi, CSMBound to Iraq, Kurds eye options John Gershman, Foreign Policy in FocusThe Progressive Response Oliver Burkeman & Julian Borger, the GuardianWar Critics astonished as US hawk admits invasion was illegal Susan Sachs, NY TimesIraq Picks American as Ambassador to U.S. Randall Richard, TruthoutAt Least 17 U.S. Troops Have Committed Suicide in Iraq, Army Seeks Answers Mark Matthews, TruthoutIraq War Providing a Boost to Al-Qaida Eric Boehlert, Truthout“The President Ought to be Ashamed” Andrew M. cockburn, Common DreamsTired, Terrified, Trigger-Happy Jeff Wilkinson, Common DreamsU.S. Tactics in Iraq May Backfire, Critics SayIn Tikrit, US Destroys Homes of Suspected Guerrillas Robert...

LinksTFF’s Comprehensive Link Library Collection Iraq 4Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 1Read the materials on Iraq from 2004 here Collection Iraq 2Read the newest materials on Iraq here Articles by non-TFF Associates Articles by non-TFF Associates F e a t u r e s “Transfer” to IraqJune 30, 2004 Iqbal Siddiqui, Media Monirots NetworkTransfer of power in Iraq is no more than a cynical exercise in public relations Robert Fisk, ICHA Pitiful Occasion for the People Annia Ciezadlo, CSMOld Iraqi council clings to key roles Dan Murphy, CSMSurprise ending: occupation over Warren Hoge, TruthoutU.N. Rights Chief Warns of War Crimes in Iraq TomDispatch.comA cut-and-run transition Rajiv Chandrasekaran & Walter Pincus, WashingtonpostU.S. Edicts Curb Power of Iraq’s Leadership Iraq Occupation FiascoJune 30, 2004 Mark Follman, ICHA Temporary Coup Robert Parry, consortiumnews.comBush Sr.’s Iraq-Iran Secrets CBC NewsBush continues to insist on link between bin Laden and Saddam...

The 9/11 Commission Report BBC’s Q & A about the report Richard Clark, International Herald TribuneThe 9/11 Report is honorable but incomplete FBI whistleblower Sibel EdmondsOpen letter to the Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Ray McGovern, at TomePaine.comWhat price unanimity? Bruce St. John at Foreign Policy In Focus, FPIFBush policies makes terrorism a growth industry Gerald Posner, Intenational Herald TribuneWhat about the Saudi who flew off on 9/13 The Independent InstituteThe 9/11 Commissions reommendations will not improve intelligence Terry McDermott, Los Angeles Times, on TruthOutQuestions persist despite 9/11 investigations Enver Masud, The Wisdom FundWhy no Arabs on the passenger list Richard Falk, TFF AssociateForeword to the essential book, A New Pearl Harbour – about 9/11 Maureen Dowd, International Herald TribuneA scary tale on the top Eric A. Smith, TokyoA most comprehensible list of articles and background

Very comprehensive link collection from Global IssuesHandover of power to Iraqis Ahmed Janabi, Aljazeera.netIraqi group claims over 37,000 civilian toll Robert Fis, The Independent, on TruthOutCan’t Blair see this country is about to explode? Can’t Bush? Osha Gray Davidson, Rolling StoneThe secret file of Abu Ghraib Robert Fisk, The Independent, from TruthOutThe unreported war Michael Weinstein, PINR – Power & Interest News ReportIraq’s transition to dictatorship Robert Fisk, The Independent, from The Wisdom FundThe trial of the century Vladimir Radyuhin, The Hindu2,000 US troops killed in Iraq Robert R. Goldberg, Information Clearing HouseWhy Americans believe only American deaths count in Iraq William S. Lind, The Washington DispatchCivil war in Iraq? William O’Rourke, Chicago Sun-TimesLooking for a Iraq precedent? Try Honduras Rajiv Chandrasekaran & Walter Pincus, Washington PostU.S. edicts curb power of Iraq’s leadership Dan Murphy, Christian Science MonitorRadical islam grows among Iraq’s sunnies Tom Parker in The International Herald TribuneSaddam’s...

Norbert’s bookmarks, very comprehensive link collectionU.S. Presidential Elections 2004 The Guardian’s Special Report on the elections Jonathan Schell, TomDispatch.comOn the Kerry mandate Paul Krugman, New York Times on TruthOutFear of Fraud Video – EricBlumreich.comGrand Theft America Ruth Rosen, Common DreamsBush’s female troubles Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science MonitorKerry’s world view: How big a change? Sharon Theimer, Common DreamsIt’s a lobbyists’ paradise in Washington Various authors – RightWebThis week on the right William Greider, The NationUnder the banner of the war on terror Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in FocusThe influence of the Christian right on U.S. Middle East Policy Renana Brooks, Information Clearing HousePower of presidency resides in language as well as law Paul Kincaid JamiesonRoots of the Neo-Con Junta in Washington – or could they be cancelled? Justin Raimondo, Antiwar.comA scheme to cancel the elections? Michael Isikoff, NewsweekElection day worries Michael Chossudovsky, TFF Associate, GlobalResearch.caBush administration “guidelines” for postponing or canceling...

Af Gerald Kaufman, Labour medlem af parlamentet for Manchester Gorton Det, der virkede mod apartheid, kan bringe fred til Mellemøsten Gerald Kaufman skrev dette i The Guardian 12. juli 2004 Bombeangrebet i Tel Aviv i går belyser det desperate behov for at opnå en fredsløsning. Det belyser også formålsløsheden i den mur, Israel bygger på palæstinensisk land, en mur, der blev fordømt af den Internationale Domstol sidste fredag, en mur hvis linieføring fordømtes af Israels højesteret sidste måned. Hvad skal der til for at få en afslutning på denne dødsdans? Da den Internationale Domstol forlangte at få muren fjernet, svarede den israelske regering, at den har en “moralsk pligt” til at forsvare sine borgere. Ganske bortset fra, at denne regering – den mest højreorienterede og krigeriske i Israels 56-årige historie – ikke ville kunne kende en moralsk pligt, hvis den blev slået i ansigtet med den, så er forsvaret af...

Af Anne Applebaum 30 juni, 2004 Man behøver hverken særlig sikkerhedsgodkendelse eller fortrolig information for at begribe størrelsesordenen af, hvad der er hændt i USAs hemmelige fængsler. Enhver, som vil forbinde de enkelte punkter til en sammenhængende figur, kan gøre det. For at se hvad jeg mene,r skal du bare gennemgå nogle få sager, som man nemt kan finde på internet. Sag 1: “Tortur papiret”, skrevet i august 2002 af justitsministeriets kontor for juridisk rådgivning efter anmodning fra CIA og siden Det hvide Hus. Papiret argumenterer for, “at det kan retfærdiggøres” at tortere Al Qaeda mistænkte. Papiret, som blev bragt på Washington Post’s hjemmeside den første uge i juni, indeholder også spekulationer om, at international ret, som kategorisk forbyder tortur “, kan stride mod forfatningen”. Sag 2: “Rumsfeld dokumentet”. Dette dokument, gravet frem af Wall Street Journal blev skrevet af en arbejdsgruppe i Pentagon i marts 2003. Det fastslog ikke...

By TFF associates Chaiwat Satha-Anand9/11, 9/20 and Gandhi’s Puzzle: Fighting Postmodern Terror/ Modern Warfare with Peaceful AlternativesThis paper is an attempt to understand the conditions of the world as different peoples and states turn more to the prospects of violence as evident in Afghanistan, Palestine, Philippines, Nepal or India/Pakistan, among others, and a way out of this tyranny of violence. Jonathan Power, TFF associate, Jan. 10, 2002Poverty could breed more bin LadensIt’s an undisputable, well-researched, fact that poverty, particularly when it exists in a society of gross inequalities, breeds violence, crime and the urge to deal out deadly punishment on conventional society. Jonathan Power, TFF associate, Dec. 18, 2001Will the lost children of the street be the next bin Ladens?Despite fifty or more years of the Third World foreign aid industry the rich countries have still not got their priorities right. Problems of this magnitude left unattended will come back...

June 14 , 2004 The unanimous approval of UN Security Council Resolution 1546 about the transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government was a welcome move. It helped heal some of the wounds caused as the result of the illegal invasion of Iraq by US and UK forces, and has again put the United Nations at the centre of global politics. However, as far as the situation in Iraq is concerned, the resolution should only be regarded as the first step in a long process before a legitimate Iraqi government assumes power. The resolution went through a number of drafts but after a great deal of haggling and the incorporation of amendments proposed by France, Germany, China, Russia and a number of other countries, it was greatly improved. While the passing of this resolution provides a glimmer of hope for the hard-pressed Iraqis, the push for a UN mandate...

The unanimous approval of UN Security Council Resolution 1546 about the transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government was a welcome move. It helped heal some of the wounds caused as the result of the illegal invasion of Iraq by US and UK forces, and has again put the United Nations at the centre of global politics. However, as far as the situation in Iraq is concerned, the resolution should only be regarded as the first step in a long process before a legitimate Iraqi government assumes power. The resolution went through a number of drafts but after a great deal of haggling and the incorporation of amendments proposed by France, Germany, China, Russia and a number of other countries, it was greatly improved. While the passing of this resolution provides a glimmer of hope for the hard-pressed Iraqis, the push for a UN mandate had more to do...