August 2003
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By on August 10, 2003
Iraq has its first temporary president, and he comes from Shiite fundamentalist party Al Dawa. But as Matt Divens explains, Dawa has a rather murky past
Posted in Iraq
By on August 10, 2003
“Here’s a quiz for you. What do the following men have in common? Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle …
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By on August 9, 2003
Like they say: those who don’t learn from the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them. And the Americans are doing exactly what Napoleon once did in Egypt.
Posted in Hidden and Revisionist History
By on August 8, 2003
It may be no more than a coincidence, but the fact that President Bush has been less than forthcoming about some of his family’s business ties is arousing suspicion
Posted in September 11
By on August 8, 2003
Venik examines the creative accounting methods used by Western news media when reporting Anglo-American casualties
Posted in Iraq
By on August 7, 2003
Multiple sightings of China’s very own “Loch Ness Monster” are coming from the north eastern Jilin province
Posted in The Unexplained: esoteric and hidden knowledge
By Robert Fisk on August 7, 2003
The south has been relatively free of the guerrilla attacks suffered by US forces in Baghdad. But is that all about to change?
Posted in Iraq
By on August 6, 2003
For those who spent a good part of their lives in airplanes these quotes may sound familiar! The one who sent them in swears they are genuine. We have no way of confirming that, but they are nevertheless hilarious
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 4, 2003
Graham Usher writes from Baghdad that the Anglo-American military conquest of Iraq is starting to be seen, experienced and resisted as just that — a military conquest
Posted in Iraq
By on August 3, 2003
The torso of a young African boy found in the Thames recently has been linked to a demonic cult, and the sacrificial murder of 11 other children
Posted in Miscellaneous
By on August 3, 2003
US military contractors are heavily involved with Saudi Arabia. The fact that Saudi Arabia has been linked to 911 now raises questions about their involvement and why Bush witheld 28 pages of the recent 911 report
Posted in September 11
By Robert Fisk on August 3, 2003
There is a veneer of normality about life in the new Iraq. But America’s failure to deliver on its promises has triggered a spiral of murderous anarchy that threatens to become an epic tragedy
Posted in Iraq
By on August 3, 2003
Kroll, a U.S.-based corporate risk consulting company, told its clients that an Iraqi revolt against occupying forces was one of two most likely scenarios in 2003. The other was a so-called wobbly landing, with some instability but not outright revolt
Posted in Iraq
By on August 3, 2003
The timing was perfect. On cue and despite heavy gunfire, drones and a hail of missiles Saddam Hussein’s carrier pigeon was able to get his latest pronouncements out.
Posted in Iraq
By on August 3, 2003
London’s Evening Standard has finally got round to admtting that it used faked photos of Iraqis greeting Coalition forces in Baghdad
Posted in The Media
By on August 2, 2003
In whatever forms it may take, “aid” is often used for more than just assistance
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Robert Fisk on August 1, 2003
I had seen them so often in Beirut when the US Marines first came under fire in 1983. The “liberators” of Beirut were becoming the occupiers. Now the same is happening in Iraq
Posted in Iraq
By on August 1, 2003
Obsessed with capturing Saddam Hussein, American soldiers turned a botched raid on a house in the Mansur district of Baghdad into a bloodbath
Posted in Iraq