[NOTE: Bookmark this thread, check often! International press coverage of war build-up. See differences from how America's media reports.]
LAUGH BEFORE YOU READ AND WEEP:
users.pandora.be
"If seeing a "Terror Alert: High" sign on your TV screen makes you feel edgy, imagine what it's like to be living in Baghdad or Basra. For people in the United States, the odds that terrorism will strike close to home are very small compared to the chances that any particular Iraqi family will be decimated before summer."--Norman Solomon
IRAQ SMOKING GUN; QAEDA CONNECTION?:
latimes.com
thenation.com
argument.independent.co.uk
english.pravda.ru
atimes.com
atimes.com
rense.com
scoop.co.nz
villagevoice.com
THE BATTLE ITSELF (projections):
[NOTE: 42% of Iraq's population are children.]
nytimes.com
suntimes.com
CONTACT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL:
sf.indymedia.org
TRANSCRIPTS--UN SECURITY COUNCIL MINISTERS MEETING:
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
observer.co.uk
CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE:
Message 18441715
PEACE DEMONSTRATION PRESS COVERAGE:
"In a rare sign of unity, 3,000 Jews and Arabs marched together in Tel Aviv."
news.bbc.co.uk
washingtonpost.com
observer.co.uk
news.ft.com
nytimes.com
cbc.ca
cleveland.com
portal.telegraph.co.uk
story.news.yahoo.com
news.bbc.co.uk
asia.news.yahoo.com
reuters.com
dw-world.de
WHAT PEOPLE GET FOR NEWS; HOW IT'S DELIVERED:
rense.com
browndailyherald.com
smh.com.au
atlanta.creativeloafing.com
rense.com
ECONOMIC COST OF WAR:
nytimes.com
usgovinfo.about.com
news.bbc.co.uk
HEADS UP ALERTS:
atimes.com
news.sify.com
abcnews.go.com
mirror.co.uk
rnw.nl
smh.com.au
arabnews.com
story.news.yahoo.com
newsday.com
guardian.co.uk
news.independent.co.uk
timesonline.co.uk
timesonline.co.uk
newsday.com
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
dailytimes.com.pk
dailytimes.com.pk
news.independent.co.uk
usatoday.com
euobserver.com
english.peopledaily.com.cn
upi.com
cnn.com
cnn.com
foreignpolicy.com
timesonline.co.uk
themoscowtimes.com
news.independent.co.uk
arabicnews.com
abcnews.go.com
news.bbc.co.uk
washingtonpost.com
guardian.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
theaustralian.news.com.au
counterpunch.org
htp://www.house.gov/defazio/
ips-dc.org
BACKGROUND:
Who is Saddam Hussein--February 10, 2002:
cbc.ca
A Muslim Perspective:
atimes.com
June 3, 1997:
newamericancentury.org
March 2, 1999:
washingtonpost.com
June 2000 (Arms Control Association):
armscontrol.org
December 21, 2001:
wsfi.net
July 30, 2002:
news.bbc.co.uk
August 28, 2002:
globalpolicy.org
August 29, 2002:
csmonitor.com
zmag.org
September 9, 2002:
cnn.com
October 16, 2002:
atimes.com
October 28, 2002:
globalpolicy.org
November 2002:
scn.org
November 14, 2002:
guardian.co.uk
November 15, 2002:
ksg.harvard.edu
January-February 2003 (Foreign Affairs Issue):
nytimes.com
WAR POLLS:
September 9, 2002 Pew Research Center Poll:
pewtrusts.com
January 3-6, 2003 Knight-Ridder Poll:
Message 18434053
January 19-22 2003 New York Times/CBS Poll:
metimes.com
January 21-27, 2003 EOS Gallop Poll:
smh.com.au
January 28, 2003 (America's CNN/USA; Britain's The Sunday Times YouGov Poll; Germany's Forsa Institute Poll' Demark's Politiken Poll; Canada's Ipsos-Reid Poll for The Globe and Mail; and Australia's Herald Poll):
smh.com.au
Gallop 2003 International Polls:
gallup-international.com
February 2, 2003, Toronto Star Poll:
thestar.com
Forcast 2003, Time Poll Forecast
time.com
time.com
February 11, 2003, British Channel Four Poll
channel4.com
GET UP TO SPEED:
commondreams.org
portal.telegraph.co.uk
aclu.org
publicintegrity.org
newsday.com
newsday.com
bulletin.ninemsn.com.au.
globalpolicy.org
guardian.co.uk
history.searchbeat.com
newsday.com
cnn.com
cbsnews.com
newsday.com
michaelparenti.org
bullatomsci.org
globalpolicy.org
globalpolicy.org
island.net
tompaine.com
chicagotribune.com
guardian.co.uk
un.org
srch1.un.org
weekly.ahram.org.eg
ratical.org
Message 18548647
abcnews.go.com
cgi1.usatoday.com
truthout.org
cursor.org
truthout.org
guardian.co.uk
latimes.com
Message 18441715
zmag.org
Message 18435987
nonviolence.org
INTRODUCTORY QUESTION ORIGINATING THIS THREAD:
As of this writing, January 2, 2003, I'm not aware of any direct proof Iraq is in possession of weapons of mass destruction. But the Bush Administration seems poised to conduct war on Iraq, with or without proof.
If no weapons of mass destruction are found by the United Nations inspection team, led by Hans Blix and Mohamed Elbaredi, what will or should America do?
Will Bush decide on war anyway?
If the Bush Administration plays the war card, is there any way to stop America's generals from marching innocent young Americans into the sands of time of a windy war? How would history view this war?
Could the war in Iraq be prevented if the chief weapons inspectors, Hans Blix and Mohamed Elbaredi, because the inspection team cannot find any weapons of mass destruction, decide themselves to become human shields and, thus, remain in Iraq, defiance of Bush and a concern for innocent civilians who'd die? What if the pope went to Baghdad and stayed, in a call for no bombs?
Indeed, such action would force Bush to think hard how future historians would pen his history. Introspectively, he'd have to deeply consider his own war.
An important thought.
Consider what it'll become like for a US-led invasion in a capture of Baghdad. If Saddam's military forces retreat into the inner city to defend it, extremely intensive urban combat could hapen that would make the Battle of Morgadishu (see film Blackhawk Down) seem like paintball in comparison.
And ask yourself: When is the last time an invading army attempted to capture a city of 5.5 million inhabitants protected by an army of 300,000? And a very painful thought is the notion that many of those who will die will, themselves, be the victims of Saddam Hussein.
HIGHLIGHTS:
cfr.org
flashpoints.net
dodccrp.org
newsoftheworld.co.uk
Message 18578370
Message 18493981
news.bbc.co.uk
alternet.org
progressive.org
inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dschedule
la.indymedia.org
usinfo.state.gov
wais.stanford.edu
thenation.com
cyprus-mail.com
gmasw.com
CHRONOLOGY OF THE WAR BUILD-UP:
January 5, 2003 to January 31, 2003:
Message 18584946
February 2003:
g2mil.com
February 1, 2003:
nytimes.com
smh.com.au
lewrockwell.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
February 2, 2003:
newsday.com
nytimes.com
newsday.com
nytimes.com
February 3, 2003 Issue (printed on January 27th)
newsday.com
msnbc.com
iht.com
guardian.co.uk
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
February 4, 2002:
philly.com
smh.com.au
smh.com.au
February 5, 2003 (Powell Presentation):
cfr.org
fair.org
electronicintifada.net
pbs.org
upi.com
guadalajarareporter.com
guardian.co.uk
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
nytimes.com
reese.king-online.com
smh.com.au
February 6, 2003:
dw-world.de
dw-world.de
nytimes.com
mirror.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
smh.com.au
smh.com.au
iht.com
Message 18552381
February 7, 2003:
abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
abcnews.go.com
washingtonpost.com
channel4.com
abcnews.go.com
news.independent.co.uk
newsday.com
February 9, 2003:
upi.com
guardian.co.uk
guardian.co.uk
observer.co.uk
news.bbc.co.uk
smh.com.au
February 10, 2003:
mirror.co.uk
latimes.com
guardian.co.uk
argument.independent.co.uk
news.independent.co.uk
tehrantimes.com
liberalslant.com
February 11, 2003:
euobserver.com
english.peopledaily.com.cn
usatoday.com
csmonitor.com
timesonline.co.uk
themoscowtimes.com
news.independent.co.uk
rense.com
arabicnews.com
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
February 12, 2003:
english.pravda.ru
dailytimes.com.pk
dailytimes.com.pk
cnn.com
news.independent.co.uk
news.independent.co.uk
nytimes.com
nytimes.com
news.bbc.co.uk
weekly.ahram.org.eg
straitstimes.asia1.com.sg
news.pacificnews.org
February 13, 2003:
rense.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
newsday.com
fair.org
newsday.com
nytimes.com
timesonline.co.uk
smh.com.au
story.news.yahoo.com
abcnews.go.com
counterpunch.org
February 14, 2003:
abcnews.go.com
newsday.com
news.independent.co.uk
timesonline.co.uk
truthout.org
globeandmail.com
signonsandiego.com
February 15, 2003:
smh.com.au
arabnews.com
smh.com.au
dw-world.de
atimes.com
rense.com
startribune.com
February 16, 2003:
observer.co.uk
news.independent.co.uk
news.independent.co.uk
observer.co.uk
observer.co.uk
nytimes.com
February 17, 2003:
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