Fwd: links on war on iraq and the UK

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Aug 9 09:26:05 PDT 2002


if you are interested, red pepper is collecting a number of articles on the growing war fever over iraq:

http://www.redpepper.org.uk/x-iraq-news.html

contains links to the following articles:

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* Z Magazine articles on the Iraq Crisis

* Osama, Osama who?, a Tom Tomorrow cartoon on Bush amnesia, March 25, 2002

* Timeline of events in Iraq over the decades, BBC Online

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Aug 9 2002 * Iraq war could engulf region, Britain warns US, the Independent * Iraq plans urban warfare to thwart US, the Guardian * Immoral and illogical -- No convincing case has been made for the slaughter that would follow an attack on Iraq, an article by the Rt Rev Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry, the Guardian

Aug 8 2002

* Saudi bans use of its air bases to attack Iraq, the Independent * World press reaction to the prospect of the US and its allies entering into a conflict with Iraq, the Guardian * UK Ministers attack US war chaos, the Guardian * If Blair gets this wrong, he could be gone by Christmas, the Guardian * British Iraqis 'dismayed' by war threats, BBC Online * Maverick MP meets Saddam Hussein, BBC Online * Trying to End Plans for a Ruinous War, Toronto Star * Fending Off the Threat of Peace, Norman Solomon, FAIR Media Beat

Aug 7 2002

* USA Green Party Calls Senate Hearings On Iraq A 'Sham', Common Dreams * Saudis play down tensions with US, BBC Online * U.S. advisers [Rand Corporation] see Saudis as enemies, The Washington Post * Iraq Conflict Could Soon Go Nuclear, the Times * Iraq's nervous neighbours, BBC Online * Iraq war 'not inevitable' says UK, BBC Online * Iraq defiant over US threats, BBC Online * Don't invade Iraq, San Francisco Bay Guardian * Vague Bush Case for Iraq War Spurs Worry in GOP, Pentagon, Philadelphia Inquirer

Aug 6 2002

* German leader says no to Iraq war, the Guardian * US warning to Europe on fuel reserves, the Guardian * UN chief warns against Iraq war, the Independent * Denis Healey: Tony Blair must not support an attack on Iraq, the Independent

Aug 5 2002

* The Morality and Legality of a war against Iraq -- A Christian Declaration, a petition signed by numerous Church of England leaders (including the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowen Williams)



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