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BULLETIN ALERTS: * US caught spying on Security Council homes/offices observer.co.uk observer.co.uk * Weapons of mass destruction? Judge for yourself! un.org msnbc.com fair.org worldnetdaily.com arabmediawatch.com * Call for New World Order of a Different Kind mmail.com.my * Arab countries vote to oppose any war participation; call for UN solution: reuters.com * Russia willing to veto UN Resolution pushed by US-Brits: newsday.com abcnews.go.com news.bbc.co.uk * Russian initiatives: capitolhillblue.com stratfor.biz Message 18624038 washingtonpost.com * Pope sends envoy to United States: reuters.com
SECOND UN RESOLUTION; POSSIBLE VETO INFORMATION: Russia:http://www.dawn.com/2003/02/21/tophttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=377385314.htm France:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44702-2003Feb21.html abcnews.go.com China:http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200302/26/eng20030226_112304.shtml
zmag.org dw-world.de zmag.org politics.guardian.co.uk smh.com.au cbc.ca smh.com.au newsday.com timesonline.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk abcnews.go.com gulf-news.com observer.co.uk observer.co.uk mmail.com.my
INTRODUCTORY QUESTION THAT ORIGINATED THIS THREAD: Message 18590808
MEANINGFUL QUOTE: "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
OSAMA BIN LADIN--US INVASION--POTENTIAL ARAB v. AMERICA WAR: csmonitor.com politics.guardian.co.uk memri.org dawn.com latimes.com atimes.com
IRAQ SMOKING GUN; AL QAEDA CONNECTION--MOTIVE FOR WAR:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18646344
02/15/03 WORLDWIDE PEACE ACTIONS:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18597020
ips-dc.org abcnews.go.com smh.com.au zmag.org news.bbc.co.uk moveon.org abcnews.go.com
WAR POLLS: [NOTE: 42% of Americans believe Iraq involved with 9/11]
(Compilation of multiple media polls) September 9, 2003 to February 16, 2003 (multiple polls): Message 18612600
Feb. 12-13 and Feb. 14-18--Pew Research Center Poll globeandmail.ca Feb. 17-19--Gallup Poll gallup.com Feb. 15-19--Guadian Media Poll of Editorial Writers media.guardian.co.uk February 20-21--London Sunday Times Poll theage.com.au February 19-23, 2003: Washington Post/ABC Poll washingtonpost.com February 24-26--CNN/USA Today Poll rense.com
FEBRUARY 14, 2003 SECURITY COUNCIL MINISTERS MEETING:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) 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:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18639406
mises.org usgovinfo.about.com latimes.com japantimes.co.jp smh.com.au
US BUYING ALLIES: ucomics.com headlines.sify.com nytimes.com alternet.org observer.co.uk news.independent.co.uk
US STOCK MARKET AND THE WAR: money.cnn.com sg.biz.yahoo.com
THE BATTLE ITSELF (projections/technology/casualties): [NOTE: 42% of Iraq's population are children.]
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18639408
smh.com.au smh.com.au news.independent.co.uk willthomas.net newsday.com reuters.com newsday.com smh.com.au
AFTERMATH OF THE WAR:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18639412
smh.com.au news.bbc.co.uk japantimes.co.jp
MEDIA vs. PROPAGANDA--SEARCH FOR TRUTH: fas.org american-reporter.com rense.com browndailyherald.com smh.com.au atlanta.creativeloafing.com rense.com guardian.co.uk arabnews.com globalissues.org globalissues.org buzzle.com zmag.org zmag.org pbs.org pbs.org zmag.org fair.org sierratimes.com rense.com
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION, HIGHLIGHTS--GET UP TO SPEED:
(Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18629234 Message 18643111
guardian.co.uk prospect.org terrorismanswers.com willthomas.net news.bbc.co.uk post-gazette.com rense.com thememoryhole.org
BACKGROUND: March 27, 1999 1st report to the United Nations un.org Who is Hans Blix: news.bbc.co.uk Who is Saddam Hussein--February 10, 2002: cbc.ca 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 1955-1992--UN Resolutions Against Israel the US Has Ignored middleeastnews.com June 3, 1997: newamericancentury.org March 2, 1999: washingtonpost.com June 2000 (Arms Control Association): armscontrol.org September-October 2001: fair.org December 21, 2001: wsfi.net March 28, 2002: guardian.co.uk June 16, 2002: washingtonpost.com 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, 2002: mnet.co.za November 15, 2002: ksg.harvard.edu December 28, 2002: smh.com.au December 30, 2002: washingtonpost.com January 4, 2003: counterpunch.org January 12, 2003: pqasb.pqarchiver.com January-February 2003 (Foreign Affairs Issue): nytimes.com February 20, 2003: Message 18608829 February 23, 2003: rense.com
CHRONOLOGY OF WAR BUILD-UP:
January 5, 2003 to January 31, 2003: (Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18584946
February 1, 2003 to February 15, 2003: (Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18613171
February 16 2003 to February 28, 2003: (Compilation of multiple media sources) Message 18646840
February 2003: g2mil.com
thenation.com
March 2003: msnbc.com pimco.com post-gazette.com March 1, 2003: guardian.co.uk smh.com.au smh.com.au smh.com.au smh.com.au nzherald.co.nz abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com newsday.com newsday.com newsday.com newsday.com theaustralian.news.com.au news.independent.co.uk news.independent.co.uk atimes.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com worldnetdaily.com newsday.com story.news.yahoo.com story.news.yahoo.com atimes.com March 2, 2003: observer.co.uk story.news.yahoo.com news.bbc.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk newsday.com observer.co.uk gulf-news.com gulf-news.com gulf-news.com swissinfo.org latimes.com latimes.com newsday.com newsday.com newsday.com newsday.com abcnews.go.com star.arabia.com star.arabia.com english.pravda.ru story.news.yahoo.com denverpost.com nytimes.com news.independent.co.uk March 3, 2003: theage.com.au theaustralian.news.com.au smh.com.au smh.com.au March 10, 2003 Issue: msnbc.com
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