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Bush's Pre-Emptive War Doctrine
Interview with Ian Williams,
The U.S. corporate media predictably focused much attention on President Bush's poorly received Sept. 23 address at the United Nations while virtually ignoring an important speech delivered by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in which he condemned Mr. Bush's pre-emptive war doctrine used to justify America's invasion and occupation of Iraq. The White House doctrine, Annan said, "represents a fundamental challenge to the principles on which, however imperfectly, world peace and stability have rested for the last 58 years."
Back in Washington, the Bush administration is reeling from growing criticism of their conduct in the Iraq war. The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee publicly criticized U.S. intelligence agencies' pre-war assessment of Iraq's weapons programs, a primary rationale for the American invasion. This came on the heels of a preliminary report issued by the administration's own chief investigator checking Iraq's weapons programs who found little evidence supporting the White House line that Baghdad presented an imminent threat to the U.S.
Meanwhile, CIA director George Tenet's request for a Justice Department investigation into allegations that White House officials leaked the identity of a covert CIA operative to a conservative columnist has touched off a political firestorm. The leak exposed the identity of the wife of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, who had openly refuted President Bush's claim that Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium in Africa with which to make nuclear weapons, a matter the administration had earlier sent him to investigate. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with. Ian Williams, author of the "United Nations for Beginners," who examines U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's condemnation of President Bush's pre-emptive war doctrine and the unfolding scandals surrounding the White House conduct in the Iraq war.
"United Nations for Beginners," is published by Writers and Readers. Read Ian Williams' articles in the pages of the Nation Magazine or online at www.thenation.com.
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Deportation of Palestinian Refugees in Montreal
Interview with Rabie Masri,
Palestinian refugees are the children and grandchildren of some of the 750,000 indigenous families expelled from Palestine in 1948 when the nation-state of Israel was created 55 years ago. Palestinian immigrants in Montreal facing deportation have organized the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees to fight Canada's attempt to deport them to camps in Lebanon and the occupied territories that are plagued by poverty and violence. The public campaign to stop the deportation of Palestinian refugees in Montreal has consisted of marches, popular education and direct action. The campaign is centered around two demands directed towards Citizenship and Immigration Canada: a halt to the deportations and granting of legal status to the refugees. Stefan Christoff, of CKUT Radio in Montreal spoke with Rabie Masri of the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees. For more information on the Campaign to Stop the Deportation of Palestinian immigrants in Montreal, contact the Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees at (514) 591-3171 or by sending an email to: refugees@riseup.net.
to Oppose Bush-backed Energy Bill
Interview with Sharon Buccino,
The legislation is also significant for what it leaves out -- it requires no increase in motor vehicle fuel efficiency, even though such an improvement is technically achievable and could drastically reduce the amount of foreign oil the U.S. now imports. The bill also has no provisions mandating the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, the main contributor to global warming. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Sharon Buccino, program staffer with the Natural Resources Defense Council, who takes a critical look at the energy bill and a related effort by the Bush administration to weaken the National Environmental Policy Act, which solicits public input on key environment decisions by the federal government. For more information, call the Natural Resources Defense Council at (202) 289-2397 or visit their website at www.nrdc.org Related links
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