Jun. 29, 2004 | Knight Ridder Newspapers
By Seth Borenstein
WASHINGTON – In a few key areas – electricity, the judicial system and overall security – the Iraq that America handed back to its residents Monday is worse off than before the war began last year, according to calculations in a new General Accounting Office report released [...]
June 8, 2004 | New York Times
by MARK LACEY
NAIROBI, Kenya, June 7 – Isnino Shuriye still remembers the pride she felt years ago when she leaned over each of her three daughters, knife in hand, and sliced into their genitals.
Each time, as the blood started to flow, she quickly dropped the knife and picked up [...]
Attack Iran, US chief ordered British
30 June 2004 | Telegraph
by Michael Smith, Defence Correspondent
America’s military commander in Iraq ordered British troops to prepare a full-scale ground offensive against Iranian forces that had crossed the border and grabbed disputed territory, a senior officer has disclosed.
An attack would almost certainly have provoked open conflict with Iran. But [...]
29 June 2004 | DemocracyNow!
A new study by the British charity Christian Aid has found the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority can not account for $20 billion of Iraq’s money over the past 15 months. In addition the CPA recently handed out a series of contracts with little oversight. The report states, “In the run-up to [...]
[ Terrorism experts like Pollack, Gunaratna, and Cannistraro agree that Bush's Iraq War has helped create bin Ladenism. --BL ]
The Wrong War | Backdraft: How the war in Iraq has fueled Al Qaeda and ignited its dream of global jihad
July/August 2004 | Mother Jones
by Peter Bergen
[ From the column:
By making Iraq a playground for right-wing economic theorists, an employment agency for friends and family, and a source of lucrative contracts for corporate donors, the administration did terrorist recruiters a very big favor.
--BL ]
Who Lost Iraq?
June 29, 2004 | New York Times
by PAUL KRUGMAN
The formal occupation of Iraq came to an ignominious [...]
[ In a related story from the July 1 issue of the Guardian by Rory McCarthy, entitled, "US will override Baghdad in war on terrorism":
American commanders will risk launching high-profile military actions at targets in Iraq even if they go directly against the wishes of the new Iraqi government, a senior US general said yesterday.
Lieutenant [...]
[ From the article:
Keeping the public in the dark until after the November election is the immediate benefit of the decision for Bush. It is believed that the task force records, if released, would confirm that the Bush energy policy was authored by industry officials and lobbyists. This could only further inflame an electorate already [...]
Congress Passes Bill to Force Payment on Western Shoshone Land Struggle — A Sad Day for the Rule of Law in the United States, but the Fight?s not Over Say the Western Shoshone.
28 June 2004 | UN Observer
Crescent Valley, Nevada, U.S.A. — As of Friday morning, the Western Shoshone Distribution Bill has passed both houses [...]
Poll finds teens view some U.S. actions as global threat
excerpted from June 27, 2004 | The Ottawa Citizen
by Misty Harris
Evil is a word usually reserved for serial killers, Austin Powers villains, and kids who tear the legs off baby spiders.
But, a new poll shows a significant number of young Canadians would use “evil” to describe [...]