August 2003
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By on August 31, 2003
Many regard him as a hero and champion of truth and honesty, but former Mossad agent Victor Ostrovsky has been called “the most treacherous Jew in modern Jewish history”
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on August 29, 2003
The American Civil Liberties Union may seem benign but that may only be a ruse. In reality it may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 29, 2003
A truck bomb hit the UN offices in Baghdad, right? Wrong. Joe Vialls casts his eye over video footage and concludes that all is not what the spin doctors would have us believe
Posted in Iraq
By Israel Shamir on August 29, 2003
When the toll of murdered Palestinian children rose into the hundreds and began to attract attention of international organisations, the spirit of the blood libel was promptly ushered forth
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Robert Fisk on August 28, 2003
Robert Fisk reflects on the irony of Basra’s official war cemetery, where almost 3,000 British servicemen lie buried
Posted in Iraq
By on August 28, 2003
Dubbed “The Informer”, the British government plans to dramatically extend its powers of surveillence with new technology
Posted in The New World Order
By on August 28, 2003
The brother of Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana said he was deliberately murdered for discovering mass graves of U.S. troops killed in Iraqi resistance attacks
Posted in Behind The "News"
By John Pilger on August 28, 2003
Tony Blair attacked a country that offered no threat, and helped cause the deaths of thousands of innocent people. The judges at the Nuremberg Tribunal…called this “the gravest of all war crimes”
Posted in Political Intrigue
By John Pilger on August 28, 2003
Lieutenant-General Sir Stanley Maude, who led British forces into Iraq in 1917, said: “Our armies do not come…as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.” Within three years, 10,000 had died in uprisings against the British occupiers
Posted in Iraq
By John Pilger on August 28, 2003
Unless we apply the lesson “all governments are liars” to our own leaders, British fighter jets and chemical weapons technology will continue to wreck lives all over the world.
Posted in Political Intrigue
By John Pilger on August 28, 2003
America’s two “great victories” since 11 September 2001 are unravelling. Comparisons with Vietnam have been made so often over the years that I hesitate to draw another. However, the similarities are striking
Posted in Iraq
By on August 27, 2003
John Pilger identifies the root cause of the bloody bombing of the UN compound in Baghdad, which Washington and London have blamed on ‘extremists from outside’
Posted in Iraq
By Robert Fisk on August 25, 2003
The dust has barely settled around Baghdad’s devastated UN offices. But the Bush administration is already weaving a veil of spin around the carnage
Posted in Iraq
By on August 25, 2003
We look at an icon in America’s liberal establishmen, who was, according to one reveiwer, also a “serial plagiarist”
Posted in Hidden and Revisionist History
By on August 22, 2003
The recent sniper killings in West Virginia bear an uncanny resemblance to last years sniper attacks in Washington
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Robert Fisk on August 22, 2003
The men who are attacking America’s occupation army are ruthless, but they are not stupid. And they know that the attack on the UN shows the US can guarantee the safety of no one
Posted in Iraq
By on August 22, 2003
Israeli sources put at $10 billion the value of the alleged Jewish property in Iraq, noting that Israel expects Iraqi oil revenues will help finance compensation
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on August 22, 2003
It is June, the children are out of school, and as highways and airports fill with vacationers, rolling power outages hit sections of Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington and New York
Posted in Behind The "News"
By on August 22, 2003
His opponents say they don`t know where he stands on the issues, but a group of tongue-in-cheek admirers have mined Arnold Schwarzenegger`s past comments for hints
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 21, 2003
Offices said to specialize in Middle Eastern studies, have just opened in Baghdad. But many view them as just another front for Israeli intelligence
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies