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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 21 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
Multi-Ethnic Issues Advocacy
Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Commentaries, The Hutchinson
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Matthew Rothschild, The mid-December revelation that President Bush had secretly ordered the National Security Agency to conduct surveillance of international communications involving U.S. residents, without obtaining court approval, has continued to generate condemnation throughout the holiday season. U.S. District Judge James Robertson, one of 11 members of the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, resigned from his position on Dec. 19, confiding in colleagues that the warantless monitoring of email and phone calls was legally questionable and may have tainted the FISA court. The New York Times which broke the wiretap story on Dec. 16, reported Dec. 23 that the scope of the monitoring operation is much larger than acknowledged by the White House. The Times reports that the NSA, in cooperation with the nation's largest telecommunications companies, had mined data directly from the main arteries of American communications networks. Many Democrats, joined by some prominent Republicans such as Sens. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska and Olympia Snowe of Maine, have called for a congressional investigation of the covert electronic eavesdropping program. Michigan Democratic Rep. John Conyers has demanded the censure of President Bush and Vice President Cheney in addition to the creation of a Special Committee to investigate impeaching the president for his administration's widespread abuse of power. Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with Matthew Rothschild, editor of the Progressive magazine, who explains why he views President Bush's illegal surveillance of Americans as a grave threat to U.S. democracy and an impeachable offense. Read Rothschild's McCarthyism Watch commentaries online at www.progressive.org Related links:
 Poor Nations Condemn World Trade Organization Agreements as Unfair
Interview with Anuradha Mittal, Three years ago, the World Trade Organization ministerial summit meeting in Cancun, Mexico collapsed over disagreements between industrial and developing nations regarding the issue of agricultural and other subsidies, payments which critics blame for hurting poor farmers. At the recently concluded WTO summit in Hong Kong, many of these same disagreements were debated and an eleventh hour accord was reached where the U.S. and European Union agreed to cut export subsidies to their farmers by 2013. Developing nations had fought hard for 2010 as the deadline to scrap subsidies, but lost. Throughout the six-day summit meeting, thousands of protesters opposed to the WTO agenda staged demonstrations. As was the case in Cancun, hundreds of Korean farmers traveled to Hong Kong to express their opposition to free trade policies that they say threatens their livelihood. Many of these same farmers were among 900 who were arrested as they pushed their way into the hall where the WTO was meeting. Many non-governmental organizations from around the globe denounced the Hong Kong agreement, accusing wealthy nations of betraying their promise to reform trade rules to promote development. Critics also warned that proposals to open up non-agricultural markets and service industries in poor nations to international competition would undermine development. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Anuradha Mittal, executive director of the Oakland Institute. She was at the Hong Kong summit and explains why her group and many others oppose the WTO agreements. Contact the Oakland Institute by calling (510) 469-5228 or visit their website at www.oaklandinstitute.org
U.S. Can Do More to Stop Genocide in Darfur
Interview with Salih Booker, In December, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice urgently requested that Congress provide $50 million to support the African Union observer mission in Darfur, Sudan. But the GOP-controlled Congress declined. The $50 million would have funded about one-third of the monthly cost for the peacekeepers. The European Union has provided most of the remainder. Since a Darfur rebel group began fighting the central Sudanese government in 2003, up to 200,000 black Africans have been killed by the Sudanese government or their allied Janjaweed Arab militia. During the conflict an estimated 200,000 people in Darfur have died due to the lack of food, water and disease. Another 2.5 million have become internally displaced, and 200,000 to 300,000 are living as refugees in neighboring Chad. Those who have been displaced, both inside and outside the country, are totally dependent on international aid. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Salih Booker, executive director of Africa Action, about the current situation in Darfur, the U.S. response, and why he's hopeful that things will improve in the new year. Contact Africa Action at (202) 546-7961 or visit their website at www.africaaction.org This week's summary of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon
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