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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
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"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:
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
News update: Crisis Averted as Preval
Interview with Ben Dupuy,
Editor's note: This interview was produced prior to Preval's being named as Haiti's new president. See related links below for articles on this development. The first national election conducted in Haiti since the February 2004 overthrow of president Jean-Bertrand Aristide descended into chaos after charges were made that vote totals had been manipulated to prevent a former president and Aristide ally Rene Preval from claiming outright victory. The Feb. 7 vote had been disorganized, but largely peaceful. However, when preliminary vote totals appeared to show that presidential candidate Rene Preval had won just less than 49 percent of the ballots -- falling short of the 50 percent +1 votes needed to avoid a runoff -- militant protests by his supporters erupted throughout the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, with reports that U.N. peacekeeping forces had killed several demonstrators. Of more than 2 million ballots cast, about 125,000 ballots have been declared invalid due to irregularities, raising suspicion among Preval supporters that polling officials were rigging the election. A member of Haiti's Electoral Council, Pierre Richard Duchemin charged that the vote count was being manipulated and called for an investigation. On Feb. 14th, Preval declared victory and said he was convinced there was massive fraud and gross errors that affected the process. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Ben Dupuy, co-director of the Haiti Progres newspaper and formerly President Aristide's ambassador at large, who assesses the flawed ballot count and the concern of many that democracy in Haiti is once again being undermined. Contact Haiti Progres by calling (718) 434-8100, or visit their website of www.haitiprogres.com Related links:
Interview with Merran Smith,
On Feb. 7, an agreement was reached to protect the world's largest remaining temperate coastal rain forest from destructive logging. Environmentalists, representatives of First Nations indigenous peoples, logging companies and the government of British Columbia, Canada, agreed to protect five million acres of the Great Bear Rain Forest -- about the size of New Jersey -- and to allow only sustainable logging in the 10 million remaining acres of the vast forest. The victory was built on a struggle in the early and mid-1990s to save the old-growth forest in Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Merran Smith, director of the British Columbia Coastal Program for Forest Ethics, an organization based in Canada and the US that is committed to protecting endangered forests. She discusses the evolution of the struggle and key elements in which it differed from past conservation efforts. Contact the British Columbia Coastal Program for Forest Ethics' San Francisco office at (415) 863 4563 or visit the the group's website at www.forestethics.org
Interview with Max Sawicky,
As his popularity continues to wane, President George W. Bush unveiled his proposed 2007 federal budget, which seems designed to reward the powerful and punish the weak. The budget would make permanent the tax cuts that primarily benefit the nation's wealthiest citizens, totaling about $3 trillion over 10 years. At the same time, the president is demanding that some of the tax cut shortfall be made up in $65 billion in cuts from vital social programs including education, job training and childcare. Medicare would see a $36 billion reduction through increased premiums from wealthy seniors. Among those on the receiving end of the president's budget would be the Pentagon, which would receive a 7 percent increase and the Department of Homeland Security which would get an 8 percent boost. Bush wants Congress to allocate another $50 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but expects that it will actually cost $70 billion. The White House projects, that if passed, Bush's budget will increase the federal deficit to a record $423 billion, but hopes to trim that number by almost $70 billion through proposed cuts. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Max Sawicky, an economist with the Economic Policy Institute, who assesses the winners and losers in the Bush budget and the possible moderating effect of this year's congressional elections. Contact the Economic Policy Institute. by calling them at (202) 775-8810 or visit their website at: www.EPInet.org
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