[NOTE: Bookmark this thread, check it often! International press coverage of war build-up, and more.]
INTRODUCTORY QUESTION ORIGINATING THIS THREAD: Message 18590808
"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; AL QAEDA CONNECTION: users.pandora.be news24.com smh.com.au news.independent.co.uk latimes.com thenation.com argument.independent.co.uk english.pravda.ru atimes.com atimes.com rense.com scoop.co.nz villagevoice.com counterpunch.org boston.com
02/15/03 WORLDWIDE PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS (press coverage): Message 18597020 ips-dc.org
WAR POLLS: [NOTE: CNBC-Hardball (2/18/03) notes 42% of Americans believe Saddam involved with 9/11]
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 February 14-16, 2003 Guardian/ICM Poll guardian.co.uk
FEBRUARY 14, 2003 SECURITY COUNCIL MINISTERS MEETING: Message 18597040
CONTACT THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: sf.indymedia.org
CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE: Message 18441715
US AND UN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP: unausa.org
ECONOMICS OF THE WAR: guardian.co.uk nytimes.com usgovinfo.about.com news.bbc.co.uk christiansciencemonitor.com nytimes.com nytimes.com weekly.ahram.org.eg
US STOCK MARKET AND THE WAR: money.cnn.com
THE BATTLE ITSELF (projections/technology/casualties): [NOTE: 42% of Iraq's population are children.] atimes.com atimes.com nytimes.com suntimes.com commondreams.org cbsnews.com zmag.org fas.org boston.com cnn.com strategypage.com thebulletin.org janes.com smh.com.au newscientist.com worldnetdaily.com
AFTERMATH OF THE WAR: politics.guardian.co.uk newyorker.com thestate.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com zmag.org weekly.ahram.org.eg smh.com.au story.news.yahoo.com newsday.com
MEDIA CRITIQUE: rense.com browndailyherald.com smh.com.au atlanta.creativeloafing.com rense.com
HEADS UP ALERTS: arabicnews.com tehrantimes.com dw-world.de guardian.co.uk reuters.com news.bbc.co.uk newsday.com washingtonpost.com news.independent.co.uk truthout.org counterpunch.org 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/
BACKGROUND: Who is Saddam Hussein--February 10, 2002: cbc.ca A Muslim Perspective: atimes.com George W. Bush and Religion: counterpunch.org History of Al Qaeda: fas.org Past Wars and Conflicts: users.erols.com 1987--Iran-Contra Report coursesa.matrix.msu.edu July 25, 1990 (Glaspie/Hussein/Aziz): chss.montclair.edu 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 1, 2002: pbs.org 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, 2003: mnet.co.za November 15, 2002: ksg.harvard.edu December 28, 2002: smh.com.au January 12, 2003: pqasb.pqarchiver.com January-February 2003 (Foreign Affairs Issue): nytimes.com
GET UP TO SPEED: guardian.co.uk weekly.ahram.org.eg zmag.org latimes.com 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
HIGHLIGHTS: millennium-ark.net fas.org dawn.com dfw.com 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 observer.co.uk
CHRONOLOGY OF 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 cbsnews.com iht.com christiansciencemonitor.com sfgate.com mirror.co.uk February 16, 2003: observer.co.uk news.independent.co.uk news.independent.co.uk observer.co.uk observer.co.uk nytimes.com newsday.com February 17, 2003: news.independent.co.uk nytimes.com smh.com.au zmag.org fas.org boston.com mirror.co.uk washingtonpost.com nydailynews.com February 18, 2003: washingtonpost.com smh.com.au news.independent.co.uk csmonitor.com csmonitor.com moscowtimes.ru moscowtimes.ru washingtonpost.com latimes.com news.bbc.co.uk nytimes.com reuters.com guardian.co.uk dw-world.de english.peopledaily.com.cn story.news.yahoo.com February 19, 2003: arabnews.com tehrantimes.com smh.com.au smh.com.au abcnews.go.com newscientist.com reuters.com newsday.com
February 20, 2003: newsday.com smh.com.au February 21, 2003: President Bush--Don't Start the War!!! |