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Collection Iraq 4
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Collection Iraq 2
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Articles by non-TFF Associates
F e a t u r e s
Walden Bello, July 27, 2003
Empire, war and citizenship
Special Features
US Losing in Iraq & Afghanistan
(July 3, 2003)
Scott Peterson, CSM
Expectations gap rankles Iraq
Sarah Chayes, IHT
Inside Afghanistan: The warlords are reaping the spoils…
Khaled Hosseini, IHT
…while the Afghans await the promised aid
Kal Raustiala, IHT
U.S. may not be imperial, but it does have an empire
Farhang Jahanpour, PhD, July 3, 2003
Militarism is a Greater Threat than Terrorism
Special Features
Iraqi Women (July 3, 2003)
Ghida al-Juburi, IWPR
Women Excluded from Post-War Reconstruction
Iraqi Women’s Rights Coalition
Equal Rights Now!
Special Features
US losing in Iraq (June 30, 2003)
Anup Shah, The Iraq Crisis
Attack on Iraq
Marwan Bishara, IHT
The Israelization of American policy
Scott Peterson, CSM
Iraqis struggle over Baath purge
Daniel Schorr, CSM
Media turning Pfc. Lynch into weapon of mass distraction?
Nicholas Kotch, Reuters
Mandela Unrelenting Ahead of Bush Tour of Africa
SunSpot.net
U.N. panel finds no evidence to link Iraq, al-Qaida
Mark MacKinnon, The Globe and Mail
Iraqi girl, 12, latest recruit in guerrilla fight against U.S.
Ilene R. Prusher, CSM
The man who would be king of Iraq
Thomas E. Ricks, WashingtonPost
Experts Question Depth of Victory
Special Features
Iraq’s Debt (June 30, 2003)
Justin Alexander, CASI Discussion List
Cancelling Iraq’s debt – building a campaign
William Sjostrom, AtlanticBlog
Iraq’s debt problem
Richard Quest, CNN
What will happen to Iraq’s debt?
David R. Francis, CSM
Iraq’s debt burden too big for broke economy to bear
Edwin Truman, Odious Debts
The right way to ease Iraq’s debt burden
Eric Engleman, ClariNews
Russia Lawmakers Nix Erasing Iraq’s Debt
Special Features
US Losing in Iraq (June 26, 2003)
Bob Graham, ICH
“I Just Pulled the Trigger”
Jim Lobe, AlterNet.org
Post-war Iraq: Quagmire or Master Plan?
Robert Scheer, AlterNet.org
The Fact that Hussein’s Gone Doesn’t Make Lying Right
Patrick E. Tyler, IHT
U.S. plans to create Iraqi army of 40,000
Thalif Deen, IPS
U.N. Fears its Workers May Become Targets
Kole, Information Warfare Monitor
Iraq: US military and free speech – Gives with one hand, takes away with the other
Alistair Lyon, Reuters
U.S. to Unveil Plans for New Iraqi Army
Kole, Information Warfare Monitor
U.S. continues massive Iraq operation; Bremer imposes further curbs
Scott Peterson, CSM
US decides to pay Iraqi soldiers and form new Army
Special Features
Why the US is losing Iraq (June 23, 2003)
John Pilger, NewStatesman
Bush’s Vietnam
Jim Lobe, AlterNet.org
Vietnam War Terms Make a Comeback
Scott Peterson, CSM
In Iraq, a battle for credibility
The Guardian
Iraq’s lethal peace
Ed Vulliamy, the Guardian
US general condemns Iraq failures
Michael R. Gordon, NY Times
The Next War
truthout – issues
Iraqis Threaten Suicide Blasts Over Wages
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, AlterNet.org
Does the Pentagon Have Amnesia on Lynch?
BBC News
US hunts down ‘Saddam loyalists’
Jim Lobe, IPS
Iraq: From Liberation to Counter-Insurgency in Less Than 80 Days
Jim Lobe, IPS
Iraq: U.S. Version of Protesters’ Deaths Questionable – Report
Michael Georgy, Reuters
Iraqis Say U.S. Using Saddam’s Baath as Scapegoat
Amy Goodman & Robert Fisk, ZNet
Anti-US Opposition In Iraq And The So Called Roadmap
An Interview with Robert Fisk.
Ilene R. Prusher, CSM
In volatile Iraq, US curbs press
Special Features
Who lied to whom about Iraq? (June 23, 2003)
James Risen, NY Times
Word That U.S. Doubted Iraq Would Use Gas
Daniel Schorr, CSM
What Bush knew, when
Walter Pincus, WashingtonPost
Report Cast Doubt on Iraq-Al Qaeda Connection
Mike Glover, Newsday.com
Dean: Investigate Bush Statements on Iraq
Robert Scheer, AlterNet.org
Bad Iraq Data from Start to Finish
John Dean, AlterNet.org
The Case for Impeachment
Patrick Wintour, Guardian Unlimited
Short: I was briefed on Blair’s secret war pact
Interview SBS-TV Australia, ICH
Richard Butler, Former Chief Weapons Inspector In Iraq, Speaks Out Against US Development of Mini Nukes
Colum Lynch, truthout – issues
Blix Downgrades Prewar Assessment of Iraqi Weapons
TomDispatch.com
“What didn’t the President know, and when didn’t he know it?”
John Dean, the Wisdom Fund
Missing Weapons of Mass Destruction. Is Lying About the Reason for War an Impeachable Offense?
Special Features
World After Iraq & Who’s Next? (June 11, 2003)
Shane Green, the Age
US sets new plan of attack for North Korea
International Responsibilities Task Force of the American Library Association’s Social Responsibilities Round Table
Alternative Resources on the U.S. War Against Iraq
Richard Sale, UPI
CIA reported to believe Saddam is alive
BBC News
Iraq conflict ‘boost’ to al-Qaeda
BBC News
Nato backs Polish Iraq role
Doug Sample, Sgt. 1st Class, American Forces Information Service
Vice President Tells West Point Cadets “Bush Doctrine” Is Serious
Jim Garamone, American Forces Information Service
Iraq Suffering from ‘Freedom Deficit’
Naomi Klein, The Nation
Downsizing in Disguise
The Globe and Mail
War on terror has boosted insecurity: report
Jonathan Steele, the Guardian
Disunited nations
Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian
Iraq ‘first battle of a wider US war’
Robert Scheer, LA Times
How Their Big Lie Came to Be
William O. Beeman, AlterNet.org
Bombing with a Message
James Risen, NY Times
Captives Deny Qaeda Worked With Baghdad
Ian Williams, Foreign Policy in Focus
Resolution 1483: Legalizing an Occupation
William Booth & Daniel Williams, SMH
Toll grows as attacks on troops get smarter
Mark Morford, SF Gate
Why Does No One Like Bush? How can the global community so fear and despise us, when we’re so honest and good?
Niko Price, Yahoo News
AP Tallies 3, 240 Civilian Deaths in Iraq
L. Paul Bremer III, Wall Street Journal (from August 5, 1996), June 2, 2003
Terrorists’ Friends Must Pay a Price
Know Your War Profiteers Card Deck, June 2, 2003
Special Features
Lying us into war (June 2, 2003)
Dennis Hans, AlterNet.org
Lying Us Into War
Fiachra Gibbons, the Guardian
Warning to Bush from contrite cold war veteran
Stephen Fraser, Scotland on Sunday
Revealed: Iraq war plan left troops exposed
truthout editorial
Reviewing the Intelligence on Iraq
CounterPunch Wire
Weapons of Mass Destruction: Who Said What When
Special Features
Occupied Iraq (June 2, 2003)
Shahriar Hafizi, FindLaw’s
What if a Shi’ite Group Wins Elections in Iraq?
Rory McCarthy, the Guardian
Behind the victory, a power struggle that drains life from a weary people
the Guardian
Self-fulfilling prophecy. US threats make matters worse in Iran.
Joan, Chittister, OSB, Information Clearing House
Is There Anything Left That Matters?
Richard Pyle, AP News
Pentagon Chief Spells Out Principles for Iraq
Joel Campagna & Rhonda Roumani, CPJ
Permission to Fire. CPJ Investigates the Attack on the Palestine Hotel.
Robert Scheer, robertscheer.com
Pentagon Aims Guns at Lynch Reports
Donald H. Rumsfeld, The Pentagon
Council on Foreign Relations
Minxin Pei & Sara Kasper, CEIP
Lessons from the Past:The American Record in Nation-Building
Charles Glass, the Guardian
The lessons of Lebanon
John Sifton & Sam Zia Zarifi
Peacekeeping in Iraq: The lesson of Afghanistan
Glenn Kessler, washingtonpost.com
U.S. Seeks Surrender Of Iranian Group
Bloomberg.com
U.S., U.K. Waged War on Iraq Because of Oil, Blair Adviser Says
Special Features
How the US won militarily (June 2, 2003)
Ann Scott Tyson, CSM
Despite war’s end, military deaths a growing concern
Robert Fisk, Dissident Voice
How the US Demoralised Iraq’s Army
William Rivers Pitt, truthout
Shout Their Names Into the Wind
William M. Arkin, Yahoo Groups
LA Times Sunday: Speed Kills
Special Features
Who Runs Iraq? (May 28, 2003)
Mark Sedra, Foreign Policy in Focus
Who Will Govern Iraq?
Karen DeYoung, washingtonpost
U.S. Sped Bremer to Iraq Post
James C. Moore, LA Times
Karl Rove: Counting Votes While the Bombs Drop
Jefferson Morley, washingtonpost
Who Is Governing Iraq?
Special Features
Sanctions Lifted (May 28, 2003)
UN News Centre
IRAQ – UN Resolution 1483
Howard LaFranchi & David R. Francis, CSM
With vote on sanctions, renewed unity at the UN
Special Features
Occupied Iraq (May 28, 2003)
Ed Vulliamy, the Observer
Red Cross denied access to PoWs
Peter Ford, CSM
Surveys pointing to high civilian death toll in Iraq
Ed Vulliamy, the Observer
Troops ‘vandalise’ ancient city of Ur
Hassan Fattah, CSM
In the shadow of Hussein’s mosque, parties blossom
Brian Cloughley, CounterPunch
The Fatuous Defense Cabal – Newt, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz
Ian Williams, Foreign Policy in Focus
Will International Law Shape the Occupation, or the Occupation Shape International Law?
Warren Richey, CSM
US troops eye Iraq’s future with realism, philosophy
Peter Ford, CSM
Iraqi holy men leap into postwar politics
Peter Ford, CSM
In Baghdad, a surge in homicides
Patrick E. Tyler, NYT
In Reversal, Plan for Iraq Self-Rule Has Been Put Off
Saul Hudson, washingtonpost
New Iraqi TV Complains of U.S. Censorship
Charles Clover, FT.com
Iraq to cancel three oil deals
Special Features
US Weapons of Mass Destruction (May 21, 2003)
Tina Hesman, STLtoday
Plans for network of biodefense labs raise concern for safety, intent
Walter Pincus, Washington Post
Future of U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Debated
Dan Stober, Mercury News
Administration moves ahead on nuclear ‘bunker busters’
James C. Dao, NYT
Senate Panel Votes to Lift Ban on Small Nuclear Arms
SpaceWar.com
US developing superfast missile to deny escape to future Saddams
J. Peter Scoblic, Washington Post
Nuclear Weapons We Don’t Need
Special Features
Post-war Iraq (May 21, 2003)
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz Daily
Just before ‘enlightened occupation’
Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada
Leaked document exposes pro-Israel lobby’s manipulation of US public
E.A. Torriero, Chicago Tribune
Villagers: U.S. ‘brought us death’. Iraqis say Marines fired on civilians
Jonathan Freedland, the Guardian
The gaping hole in Iraq
Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian
An insult to British intelligence
Wayne Madsen, Online Journal
Iraqi “intelligence documents” likely planted
Sabrina Tavernise, NYT
Iraqi Women Wary of New upheavals
PakTribune
Iraqis stripped and pushed into streets under US guns
Paul Watson, LA Times
Hussein Backers Regain Role in Government
Rahul Mahajan, CounterPunch
The Post-War Iraq Paradox. Don’t Lift the Sanctions Yet!
Ian Urbina, Asia Times
What if real democracy rears its head?
MSNBC, The Memory Hole
White House: Bush Misstated Report on Iraq
The Age
Iraqi welcome for US turns to fury
Linda McQuaig, Toronto Star
Goalposts shift again in Iraq
Reuters, NYT
U.S. Adviser Says Iraq May Ignore Opec Quotas – Paper
Dave Rollins, Nationalist Times
Republicans, Neo-Cons to Profit From Long-Term Occupation of Iraq
Washington Post
What Is the Plan?
Jim Krane, Yahoo News
Many Baathists Banned From Iraq Government
the Guardian
Rumsfeld: U.S. Used New Missile in Iraq
Hooman Peimani, Asia Times
Power play in northern Iraq
Paul Salopek, Chicago Tribune
Kurds turn tables, kick out Arabs
Gordon Barthos, Toronto Star
Baghdad’s blundering victors
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
The Baghdad deal
Danna Harman, Christian Science Monitor
Winning Iraqi hearts, one song at a time?
Peter Slevin, Washington Post
Hussein Loyalists Blamed for Chaos
Paul de Rooij, CounterPunch
The Hydra’s New Head: Propagandists and Selling the US-Iraq War
Wayne Madsen, CounterPunch
The General from Mississippi. Meet the New Butcher of Baghdad
IraqWar.ru
Business Unusual in Baghdad’s Arms Market
IraqWar.ru
Looting is Derailing Detailed U.S. Plan to Restore Iraq
IraqWar.ru
Time up for US troops in Saudi Arabia
MotherJones.com
War Watch
IraqWar.ru
Washington heads for new UN row over control of oil wealth
IraqWar.ru
US to reorganise military presence in Gulf: Franks
A. Tübke-Davidson & S. M. Hersh, the New Yorker, May 14, 2003
Q. & A. – War and Intelligence
Seymour M. Hersh, the New Yorker, May 14, 2003
Selective Intelligence
Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, May 14, 2003
The U.S. and Post-War Iraq: An Analysis
Jonathan Steele, Guardian, May 14, 2003
Operation Support Garner
Majid Tehranian, University of Hawaii & Toda Institute, May 7, 2003
Grand Illusions
Editorials, NYT, May 7, 2003
Banishing Hans Blix
Jonathan Wright, Washington Post, April 27, 2003
Gingrich Says State Department Undermines Bush
Kathy Kelly, Alternet, April 27, 2003
Letter from Baghdad: A Moment of Understanding
Anup Shah, globalissues.org, April 27, 2003
Building the case for a new war
War Reporting and Journalism
Hussain Haqqani, Carnegie Endowment, April 27, 2003
The American Mongols
Ole Rothenborg, Global Reseach, April 27, 2003
US Forces deliberately encouraged the looting
An eye-witness account.
James Ridgeway, Village Voice, April 27, 2003
Foundering Fathers
S. Neal MacFarlane, IHT, April 27, 2003
The UN is not up to the job
Joseph S. Nye, IHT, April 27, 2003
No, the UN is right for the job
Raymond Whitaker, Independent, April 27, 2003
Revealed: How the road to war was paved with lies
John Pilger, Mirror, April 27, 2003
The war for truth
John King, UN Observer, April 27, 2003
Arming Iraq and the Path to War
Andy Oppenheimer, Jane’s, April 27, 2003
Who armed Iraq?
William P. Pfaff, Boston Globe, April 27, 2003
The world according to Bush
Special Features
WMD in Iraq (April 27, 2003)
Richard Watson, ABC, April 27, 2003
Australia withdraws troops, sends weapons specialists
Paul Reynolds, BBC, April 27, 2003
Can we trust the intelligence services?
C. Overington & M. Wilkinson, Sydney Morning Herald, April 27, 2003
Bush bars UN weapons teams from Iraq
Pepe Escobar, Asia Times, April 27, 2003
Cluster Bombs Liberate Iraqi Children
Paul Brown, Guardian, April 27, 2003
Scientists Urge Shell Clear-Up to Protect Civilians
Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald, April 27, 2003
US forces’ use of depleted uranium weapons is ‘illegal’
N. Watt, R. Norton-Taylor, & J. Meek, Guardian, April 27, 2003
Troops still seek the ‘smoking gun’
Barton Gellman, Washington Post, April 27, 2003
Hunt for Iraqi Arms Erodes Assumptions
The March for Justice, April 27, 2003
Where Censorship is NOT an Option
Playing with death
Associated Press, April 27, 2003
Red Cross: Iraq Casualties Too High to Count
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, April 27, 2003
What, no smoking gun?
Richard Lloyd Perry, Times, April 27, 2003
Children main victims of cluster bombs
Human Rights Watch, April 27, 2003
U.S. Using Cluster Munitions In Iraq
Patrick J. Sloyan, Guardian, April 27, 2003
‘What I saw was a bunch of filled-in trenches with people’s arms and legs sticking out of them. For all I know, we could have killed thousands’
Alex Kirby, BBC, April 27, 2003
US rejects Iraq DU clean-up
Sydney Morning Herald, April 27, 2003
US was set to bomb journalists’ hotel
United States Joint Forces Command, April 27, 2003
Joint Interagency Coordination Group (JIACG)
Andrew Gumbel, Independent.co.uk, April 22, 2003
America targeted 14,000 sites. So where are the weapons of mass destruction?
Andrew Gumbel, Independent.co.uk, April 22, 2003
Hans Blix steps up pressure to allow inspectors back in
William O. Beeman, PNS, April 22, 2003
The Elusive Weapons of Mass Destruction
Robert Burns, Yahoo News, April 22, 2003
Rumsfeld: Bioweapons May Be Hard to Find
Yahoo News, April 22, 2003
U.S. Considers NATO for Iraq Arms Role – Grossman
Special Features
Baghdad’s Fall (April 22, 2003)
Faye Bowers, ABC news.com, April 22, 2003
Behind the Lines, an Unseen War
Jalal Ghazi, PNS, April 22, 2003
Baghdad Did Not Fall – It Was Handed Over
Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com, April 22, 2003
Secret War: How the CIA Defeated Saddam Hussein
Special Features
Politics of the Iraq War (April 22, 2003)
Ronald Brownstein, American Prospect, April 22, 2003
The War About War
Robert Dreyfuss, American Prospect, April 22, 2003
Just the Beginning
smh.com.au, April 22, 2003
Chalabi duo claim to be Baghdad’s US-backed leaders
Jane Lampman, Common Dreams, April 22, 2003
A Crusade After All?
Terry M. Neal, washingtonpost.com, April 22, 2003
Beneath the Surface
Paul Holmes, Reuters, April 22, 2003
U.S. war priorities shift away from disarming Iraq
The Wisdom Fund, April 22, 2003
Iraq War Over, Questions Remain
Paul Rogers, openDemocracy, April 22, 2003
A thirty-year war
Carla Binion, Online Journal, April 22, 2003
A whiff of fascism
Neela Banerjee, IHT, April 22, 2003
How the oil search leads to quagmires
Barbara Plett, BBC News, April 22, 2003
US and Israel’s ‘common cause’
Robert Fisk, ZNet, April 22, 2003
Anti-Colonial War
Marian Wilkinson, smh.com.au, April 22, 2003
Washington plan gives Iraqis little comfort
Christopher Preble, CATO Institute, April 22, 2003
A Democratic Iraq May Not Be Friendly to U.S.
John Pilger, Independent.co.uk, April 22, 2003
The unthinkable is becoming normal. Do not forget the horror
Liz George, CNN, April 22, 2003
Rebuilding Iraq: What will it cost?
Nils Carstensen, ACT, April 22, 2003
Winning hearts and minds – or ensuring impartial aid
ElectronicIraq.net, April 22, 2003
Military occupation of Iraq: IHL and the maintenance of law and order
ABC Newsonline, April 22, 2003
Plan unveiled for democratic Iraq
Hassan Hafidh, truthout, April 22, 2003
U.S. Row with UN Brews Over Iraq Sanctions
The Memory Hole, April 22, 2003
Reasons Not to Invade Iraq, by George Bush Sr.
Thomas E. Ricks, washingtonpost.com, April 22, 2003
Rumsfeld Stands Tall After Iraq Victory
Naomi Koppel, Yahoo News, April 22, 2003
Q&A on International Law, Occupation
Yahoo News, April 22, 2003
Washington planning long-term military relationship with Iraq
David Morgan, Reuters, April 22, 2003
Former U.S. official says CIA aided Iraqi Baathists
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian, April 22, 2003
Ba’athists slip quietly back into control
Kathryn Westcott, BBC News, April 22, 2003
The Americans who will run Iraq
Jonathan Steele, Guardian, April 22, 2003
This occupation is a disaster. The US must leave – and fast
Neela Banerjee & Felicity Barringer, NYT, April 22, 2003
Iraq Pipeline to Syria No Big Secret, Experts Say
Roula Zoubiane, WILPF, April 22, 2003
A Problem Called Iraq
Peter Ford, CSM, April 9, 2003
In Iraq, a battle for the moral high ground
Kyle Stock, IDG.net, April 9, 2003
Is the U.S. Waging a Virtual War?
Jim Krane, Yahoo News, April 9, 2003
U.S. Precision Weapons Fail 1 Time in 10
Marc W. Herold, Dissident Voice, April 9, 2003
When Precision Bombing Isn’t
NYT on IHT, April 9, 2003
Sept. 11 inquiry undermined
John Gershman, PresentDanger.org, April 9, 2003
Dreams of Empire, Eulogies for International Law
Erik P. Sorensen, Republicons.org, April 9, 2003
Perle Resigns: Was it Conflict of Interest or Poor War Planning
Thom Hartmann, CommonDreams.org, April 9, 2003
The Empire Needs New Clothes
Arthur Spiegelman, Reuters, April 9, 2003
U.S. Media Waves Flag; Critics Debate at What Price
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz.com, April 9, 2003
Analysis: Basra as a test of the power of Iraq’s citizenry
Oliver Burkeman, Guardian, April 9, 2003
Battle for key city leads to ‘massacre of children’ claim
Allies silent on claim of dozens killed by bombing.
Mariam Karouny, Alert.net, April 9, 2003
Iraqi Shi’ites might turn against U.S.-SCIRI
Luke Harding, Guardian, April 9, 2003
‘This makes us love Saddam, not America’
Peter Ford, CSM, April 9, 2003
Why US getting a wary welcome
Ann Scott Tyson, CSM, April 9, 2003
Expectations tempered: a ground-eye view
April 9, 2003
A readers’ guide to the war
The best laid plans…
Shashi Tharoor, IHT, April 9, 2003
The UN stands ready to help
Paul Krugman, IHT, April 9, 2003
Behind pro-war protests, a company with ties to Bush
Christian P. Scherrer, HPI, Japan, April 9, 2003
UN Sanctions Against US-UK. Bush-Blair must be Indicted for War Crimes by the ICC
Yves Contamine, World Global Trends, April 9, 2003
Market and optimal allowance of resources at the world level?
Amnesty International, USA, April 6, 2003
News Release
Zvi Bar’el, Haaretz.com, April 6, 2003
Analysis: What happened to the civil uprising against Saddam?
Anup Shah, Global Issues.org, April 6, 2003
Building the Case for a New War
Project on Defense Alternatives, April 6, 2003
War Report
Prem Shankar Jha, Outlook India, April 6, 2003
Weapons of Mass Delusion
Adam Hochschild, TomDispatch.com, April 6, 2003
Ending the Age of Human Rights?
ICRC, April 6, 2003
War in Iraq
Tim Wise, ZNet, April 6, 2003
The Moral Calculus of Killing
Chalmers Johnson, Kyodo News, April 6, 2003
WorldNow: The war lovers
Constantine von Hoffman, AReporter.com, April 6, 2003
The Coalition of the Willing
Betty Blair, April 2, 2003
Deja Vu – 25 Years Later. Heyerdahl Burns “Tigris” Reed Ship to Protest War
H. Yamazaki and D. Yamamoto, Kyodo News, April 2, 2003
Wallerstein predicts faster U.S. decline over Iraq
Independent, April 2, 2003
Articles about Iraq by Robert Fisk
George, April 2, 2003
Read My Lips
NYT, IHT, March 24, 2003
Saying ‘no’ to war
Terry Jones, Observer, March 24, 2003
I’m losing patience with my neighbours, Mr Bush.
Robert Fisk, Independent, March 24, 2003
In vain, I looked for signs of the storm to come. Baghdad is a city sleepwalking to war
Center for Economic and Social Rights, March 24, 2003
Tearing up the Rules: The Illegality of Invading Iraq
Henry Porter, Observer, March 24, 2003
Democracy is not in the war plans
John Pilger, Mirror, March 24, 2003
This is the cost of Blair’s moral war
Paul Rogers, Open Democracy, March 24, 2003
The Mother of all Bombs &endash; how the US plans to pulverise Iraq
Peace Initiative of Turkey, March 5, 2003
Parliament Secures Vote of Confidence from the People of Turkey
MoveOn.org, March 5, 2003
Emergency Appeal to the UN
Scott Peterson, CSM, March 5, 2003
Iraq: Saladin to Saddam
Brian Braiker, MSNBC News, March 5, 2003
Saddam Is Not Mad
Eleanor Clift, MSNBC, March 5, 2003
Planet Bush
Cameron W. Barr, CSM, March 5, 2003
Kirkuk, a mirror of Iraq’s schism
Special Features
IRAQ (February 26, 2003)
MoveOn.org, February 26, 2003
Virtual March on Washington Headquarters
MoveOn.org is hosting the online headquarters for the Virtual March on Washington on February 26th, sponsored by the Win Without War Coalition.
Jonathan Schell, The Nation, February 26, 2003
The Will of the World
Cameron W. Barr, CSM, February 26, 2003
Kurds brace for Turks
Eric S. Margolis, the American Conservative, February 26, 2003
Iraq Invasion: The Road to Folly
CASI, February 26, 2003
Internal UN documents on the humanitarian impact of war on Iraq
Norman Mailer, IHT, February 26, 2003
Gaining an empire, losing democracy?
T. Shanker & E. Schmitt, IHT, February 26, 2003
Cyber-warfare in Iraq already has broken out
The-ACTivist.org, February 26, 2003
IRAQ
CNN.com, February 26, 2003
Iraq ‘doing all it can’
CBS, February 26, 2003
Saddam challenges Bush to debate
Dan Rather, CBS News, February 26, 2003
Saddam On Exile: ‘We Will Die Here’
Special Features
Human and Economic Costs of War (February 24, 2003)
Miriam Pemberton, Institute for Policy Studies, February 24, 2003
The Economic Impacts of a War With Iraq
Center for Economic and Social Rights, February 24, 2003
Emergency Campaign on Iraq, Mission Report
Center for Economic and Social Rights, February 24, 2003
Confidential UN documents warn of humanitarian disaster in Iraq
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, February 24, 2003
“Likely Humanitarian Scenarios”
Special Features
IRAQ (February 24, 2003)
O. Bowcott, E. MacAskill, G. Younge, & S. Goldenberg, Guardian, February 24, 2003
Bush’s war timetable unravelling
Kamil Mahdi, Guardian, February 24, 2003
Iraqis will not be pawns in Bush and Blair’s war game
Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, February 24, 2003
Understanding the US-Iraq Crisis: A Primer
Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch, February 24, 2003
“Conquerors Always Call Themselves Liberators”
Brad Knickerbocker, CSM, February 24, 2003
Pre-war action already under way
Karen DeYoung and Peter Slevin, Washington Post, Feb 24, 2003
Full U.S. Control Planned for Iraq
Special Features
Opposition (February 24, 2003)
Reuters, CNN, February 24, 2003
Developing nations challenge Washington
The Non-Aligned Movement, February 24, 2003
Statement to the Security Council on the Situation Between Iraq and Kuwait
For general information on the NAM, click here.
Jynkz, February 19, 2003
Song: “We don’t want your war“
Cameron W. Barr, CSM, February 19, 2003
Plan: US general to run Iraq
Joan B. Kroc Institute, February 19, 2003
Alternatives to War with Iraq: Kroc Institute Resources on Policy and Ethics
Cameron W. Barr, CSM, February 19, 2003
Among Iraqi exiles, frustration with a tight-lipped US
Severin Carrell, Independent, February 19, 2003
US plan to use illegal weapons
Robert Byrd, AlterNet, February 19, 2003
War: The Most Horrible Human Experience
Paul Rogers, FPIF, February 19, 2003
Could the War Go Nuclear?
Stephen Zunes, FPIF, February 19, 2003
Addressing the Iraqi Repression and the Need for a Change of Regime
John Gershman, FPIF, February 19, 2003
The Progressive Response
CASI, February 19, 2003
Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq, Press Release
Antiwar.com, February 19, 2003
February 2003 Antiwar Demonstrations
Iraq Body Count, February 14, 2003
The Iraq Body Count Project
Joel Bleifuss, AlterNet, February 14, 2003
Kurt Vonnegut Vs. the !*!@
John Tirman, AlterNet, February 14, 2003
The Inspections Flap: Both Sides are Wrong
John Pilger, Mirror UK, February 14, 2003
Blair is a Coward
J.Risen & D. Johnston, NY Times, February 14, 2003
Split at C.I.A. and F.B.I. on Iraqi Ties to Al Qaeda
Phillip Knightley, Evatt Foundation, February 14, 2003
A history lesson on Iraq: the roots of revolt
J. Burke, G. Hinsliff, E. Vulliamy, The Observer, February 14, 2003
The Iraq Bush will build
BBC News, February 14, 2003
A piece of plagiarism?
Robert Byrd, US Senator, February 14, 2003
Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences
Oil and Gas International, February 7, 2003France & Russia warned support US war on Iraq or no Iraqi oill
Jimmy Carter, AlterNet, February 7, 2003
An Alternative to War
Anthony Judge, laetus in praesens, February 7, 2003
Attacking the Shadow through Iraq
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, wahsintonpost.com, February 7, 2003
Iraq Arms Civilians As Second Line of Defense Against U.S.
Stephen C. Pelletiere, New York Times, February 7, 2003
A War Crime or an Act of War?
BBC News, February 7, 2003
Benn interview with Saddam
Oxford Research Group, February 7, 2003
Conflict Resolution: News from Baghdad
William M. Arkin, LA Times, Yahoo Groups, Feb 7, 2003
Commentary: The Nuclear Option in Iraq. The U.S. has lowered the bar for using the ultimate weapon.
Brad Knickerbocker, CSM, February 7, 2003
Pentagon’s quietest calculation: the casualty count
Danny Schechter, AlterNet, February 7, 2003
Covering the Anti-War
William Pfaff, IHT, February 7, 2003
War with Iraq? The UN is the way to go
James Risen & David Johnston, New York Times, Feb 7, 2003
Split at C.I.A. and F.B.I. on Iraqi Ties to Al Qaeda
Articles by TFF Associates:
PressInfos and
Jonathan Power’s Columns
Nordiska Feature-artiklar
1. TFF Associates’ articles –
English and Nordic
Bengt Silfverstrand, 3 juli 2003
USA ut ur Irak. Självbestämmande för Iraks folk.
David Krieger, June 23, 2003
The Big Lie
Else Hammerich & Jan Øberg – 5. juni, 2003
Lovende initiativ af Anders Fogh Rasmussen til en Mellemøsten-Europa fredsproces
Jan Öberg, 21 maj 2003
Irakierna Behandlas Rasistiskt
David Krieger, May 14, 2003
Ten Lessons of the Iraq War
Sören Sommelius, 7 maj 2003
Försökte Pentagon tysta medierna?
Jan Öberg, 27 april 2003
Nej till USA – men kanske ja till ickevåldsmotstånd?
Sören Sommelius, 15 april 2003
Mediemanipulation av sällan skådat slag?
Christian Hårleman, 15 april 2003
Frågor efter ett Krig
David Krieger, April 15, 2003
The Meaning of Victory
Sören Sommelius, 2 april 2003
Medier under attack
Else Hammerich, 26 marts 2003
Alternativer til Krig mod Irak
Richard Falk & David Krieger, March 26, 2003
A Modest Proposal: Giving Bush and Blair a Deadline
Sören Sommelius, 24 mars 2003
“. . . att USA måste lydas. . .
Madhi Elmandjra, March 24, 2003
WorldNow: World faced with ‘mega imperialism’
Madhi Elmandjra, March 24, 2003
We Have Entered the Era of the Second War of Civilisations
Jan Öberg, 24 mars 2003
Låt oss använda krigstiden konstruktivt
Chaiwat Satha-Anan, March 24, 2003
By What Authority? The American Empire and the Future of Peace
David R. Loy, March 24, 2003
A Buddhist Perspective on the New Gulf War
Richard Falk, March 24, 2003
Will the Empire be Fascist?
Richard Falk, March 19, 2003
Challenging the United Nations
Sören Sommelius, 19 mars 2003
Är det så här krig startas i dag?
Richard Falk, March 12, 2003
Why International Law Matters
Sören Sommelius, 12 mars 2003
Illustrerade guider till kriget
Burns H. Weston, March 12, 2003
Citizenship and War with Iraq
Christian Hårleman, 5 mars 2003
Iraks arme på pappret, på film – och i verkligheten
Åbent Brev til folketing og regering, Brændpunkt Irak, 24 feb 2003
Tænk på konsekvenserne
Jan Øberg, DR debat, 24 februar 2003
Løs konflikten på fredelig vis
Christian Hårleman & Jan Öberg, 16 februari 2003
Öppet Brev till Anna Lindh
Jan Halldin, Göteborgs Posten, 14 februari 2003
Nedrustning den glömda frågan
Johan Galtung, February 14, 2003
USA-Iraq: There are Alternatives! And Resistance is Possible
February 14, 2003
On the Brink of War
Jan Øberg i Danmarks Radio, 11 februari, 2003
Den direkte Debat på P1 med Poul Friis
Jan Öberg i Sydnytt, 11 februari 2003
“Irakmannen – Jan Öberg”
Michael Renner, February 7, 2003
Post-Saddam energy visions
Michel Chossudovsky, February 7, 2003
Fabricating an Enemy
Richard Falk and David Krieger, February 7, 2003
The Iraq Crisis and International Law
Richard Falk, February 7, 2003
Why International Law Matters
TFF Director, in The Japan Times, February 6, 2003
Reasoning against an Iraqi catastrophe
Scilla Elworthy, January 24, 2003
TFF in Baghdad
Jan Oberg, December 27, 2002
The most common misunderstandings about Iraq. Speech given by Jan Oberg in Berlin, November 2002
2. TFF PressInfos about Iraq
PressInfo # 183, 28 mai 2003, på dansk
Vil du vide, hvem de amerikanere er, som styrer Irak?
PressInfo # 182, 21 maj 2003, på svenska
Hamburgarfilosofi för snabblagning av Iraks utbildningsväsen
PressInfo # 183, May 14, 2003
Do you want to know who the Americans running Iraq really are Part 1
Do you want to know who the Americans running Iraq really are Part 2
Do you want to know who the Americans running Iraq really are Part 3
PressInfo # 182, 14 mai 2003, på dansk
En burger-filosofi skal give en hurtig patentløsning på Iraks uddannelsessystem
PressInfo # 182, April 24, 2003
Burger philosophy to quick fix Iraq’s education system
PressInfo # 181, April 15, 2003
A Personal View on Iraq: Where is the Truth?
PressInfo # 180, 15 april 2003, på svenska
Förlust i alla tre krigen i Irak
PressInfo # 180, 15 april 2003, på dansk
Tre krige, alle at tabe, i Irak
PressInfo # 179, 15 april 2003, på svenska
Likheter mellan Bush och Hussein och USA och Irak
PressInfo # 179, 15 april 2003, på dansk
Ligheder mellem Bush og Hussein og mellem USA og Irak
PressInfo # 180, April 2, 2003
Losing all three wars on Iraq
PressInfo # 179, March 26, 2003
Similarities between Bush and Hussein and the U.S. and Iraq
PressInfo # 178, March 26, 2003
Shock but not Awe
PressInfo # 177, 26 marts 2003, på dansk
Forsømte Kofi Annan en lejlighed til at standse eller udsætte krigen?
PressInfo # 176, 26 marts 2003, på dansk
Hvorfor sikkerhedsrådet aldrig vil hæve sanktionerne mod Irak
PressInfo # 177, March 18, 2003
Did Kofi Annan miss an opportunity to stop the war?
PressInfo # 176, March 12, 2003
Why the SC will never lift the sanctions on Iraq
PressInfo # 176, 24 mars 2003, på svenska
Varför säkerhetsrådet aldrig kommer att häva sanktionerna mot Irak
PressInfo # 175, March 12, 2003
The US and Kuwait undermine the UN by entering the demilitarised zone on the Kuwait-Iraq border
PressInfo # 175, 17 mars 2003 på svenska
USA och Kuwait undergräver FN genom att gå in i den demilitariserade zonen på gränsen mellan Irak och Kuwait
PressInfo # 175, 19. marts, 2003, på dansk
USA og Kuwait underminerer FN ved at gå ind i den demilitariserede zone på grænsen mellen Irak og Kuwait
PressInfo # 174, March 10, 2003
Dan Rather-a-Joke
PressInfo # 174, 17. marts, 2003, på dansk
Dan Rather-a-Joke. Eller den frie presse når den er bedst
PressInfo # 173, March 5, 2003
Sanctions – our moral problem
PressInfo # 173, 14 mars 2003, på svenska
Sanktionerna – vårt moraliska problem
PressInfo # 172, February 24, 2003
Iraq and the Failures of Democracy
PressInfo # 171, February 22, 2003
Peace in Baghdad, A Story of Hope
PressInfo # 171, 5 mars 2003, på svenska
Fred i Bagdad, en berättelse om hopp
PressInfo # 171, 5 mars 2003, på dansk
Fred i Bagdad, en historie om håb
PressInfo # 170, 18 February 2003
A Road to Peace with Iraq – Europe’s Choice
PressInfo # 170, 19 februari 2003, på svenska
En väg till fred med Irak – Europas val
PressInfo # 170, 19 februari 2003, på dansk
En vej til fred med Irak – Europas valg
PressInfo # 169, 17 February 2003
Will Bush prevail, or listen and think? – Reflections on February 15, 2003
PressInfo # 169, 24 februari 2003, på svenska
Ska Bush få råda eller ska han lyssna och tänka?
PressInfo # 169, 24 februar 2003, på dansk
Vil Bush fremture eller lytte og tænke?
PressInfo # 168, December 28, 2002
A UN mandate does not make war on Iraq right!
PressInfo # 168, 24 januari 2003, på svenska
Ett krig mot Irak blir inte rätt för att det har FN-mandat!
PressInfo # 168, 17 januari 2003, på dansk
Et FN mandat gør ikke en krig mod Irak mere rigtig
Pressmeddelande – Pressemeddelelse
Ny rapport slår larm om risker för smittkoppsepidemi vid Irak-krig
PressInfo # 167, December 6, 2002
Iraq – Twelve Years of Sanctions: Justified Punishment or Illegal Treatment?
3. Jonathan Power’s columns
May 14, 2003
The unsuccessful wars of Afghanistan and Iraq
May 7, 2003
Is there an alternative to European estrangement from America?
April 27, 2003
Now we know: There need be no clash of civilizations
April 2, 2003
Europe’s culture of war has changed
March 26, 2003
War is becoming unnatural
March 19, 2003
A post war Europe will be very different
March 5, 2003
We have to keep a sense of proportion about war
February 24, 2003
The Tide of Opinion on Iraq has clearly turned
January 24, 2003
The U.S. and Russia have been hypocritical about biological weapons
January 17, 2003
Is there a morality that can avoid war?
January 9, 2003
With confronting woud-be nuclear powers credibility is everything
December 27, 2002
For the New Year’s Eve fireplace of Bush and Blair: a sermon against war
How Iraq might defeat the mighty U.S.A.
PressInfo # 155, July 19, 2002
No need for a war against Iraq
4. Nordiska Feature-artiklar om Irak
Poul Husted, Politiken. 3 juli 2003
Støtten til Irakkrigen falder i USA
John Pilger, Aftonbladet
Blair och barnen
Christine Cordsen og Kristian Klarskov, Politiken
Irak-pres på Fogh
Johan Ehrenberg, Dagens ETC, 7 maj 2003
9 skäl till varför man ska stå emot kriget
Jens Elo Rytter, BerlingskeTidende, 7 maj 2003
Folkeretten
Ledare, AfB, 27 april 2003
EU behöver inte en egen försvarsunion
DN Kultur, 27 april 2003
Krig och kultur
Kultur om Irakkriget
Kulturdebatt om Irak
Politiken.dk, 27 april 2003
Avis: USA overvejer olieledning fra Irak til Israel
T. Kjellström, C. Hogstedt, S. Wall, DN Debatt, 6 april 2003
Kriget i Irak får ohyggliga effekter
Håkan Palm, Helsingborgs Dagblad, 24 mars 2003
Drömmen om arabisk revansch är ständigt levande
Furat Jari, AfB, 24 mars 2003
Mördaren Saddam kan störtas utan krig
M. Raundalen & A. Dyregrov, Aftonbladet, 26 februari 2003
Skona Iraks barn, Bush
Mikael Nyberg, Aftonbladet, 26 februari 2003
Vem hotar vem?
Jan Guillou, Aftonbladet, February 19, 2003
Ännu en miljon ska bestraffas med döden
Anna Lindh, Aftonbladet, February 19, 2003
Än kan ett krig mot Irak undvikas
Göran Rosenberg, DN, 14 februari 2003
Någonting har hänt i Amerika
Svenska Dagbladet, 14 februari 2003
“Nu måste vi hålla ihop”
Arne Hansen, 19 februar 2003
Hjemmeside for flygtninge og positiv fred
DR, 24 februar 2003
Omkostninger ved krig forties
Nadire Mater, Aftonbladet, 24 februari 2003
Turkiets kvinnor leder kampen mot kriget



