just for future reference.
thanks.
j
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:33:05 -0500, Marvin Gandall wrote:
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> The following items have been posted during the past two weeks on
> www.supportingfacts.com. The full text of each article is preceded by a
> short summary.
>
> STUTTERING ECONOMIES
> The global economy is in worse shape than many thought before this winter
> began, and the economic and financial headlines could get worse before they
> get better, says the Economist.
>
> DESPERATE BLAIR
> Tony Blair thinks all will be forgiven when images are shown of Iraqis
> cheering their British and American liberators, but Seumus Milne of the
> Guardian thinks he and his Labour government will never recover.
>
> PROFITABLE DESTRUCTION
> The Wall Street Journal reports that the US, anticipating large-scale
> destruction, is inviting bids from American companies to rebuild the Iraqi
> infrastructure it intends to bomb.
>
> IN-BEDDED
> Under the guise of press freedom, the Pentagon is ¡§embedding¡¨ hundreds of
> journalists into combat units on the assumption they will bond with the
> troops and serve as instruments of US war propaganda.
>
> PENSIONS THEFT
> Fortune magazine says employees counting on company pensions to help fund
> their retirements may be in for a rude awakening when corporations renege on
> their commitments and slash benefits by as much as half.
>
> US CHEMICAL WARFARE
> The Independent reports the US is preparing to use pepper spray, CS gas and
> other toxic agents in Iraq, including ones similar to the chemical that
> killed 120 Moscow hostages last year.
>
> SIEGE OF BAGHDAD
> The US is continuing to deploy its forces for a sprint to Baghdad, writes
> military historian John Keegan in the Daily Telegraph, but he may be overly
> optimistic that the city will fall without a fight.
>
> HAMAS SUPPLANTS PLO
> Hamas has displaced the PLO as the leading Palestinian faction ¡V with no
> small assist from the Israelis, according to an analysis in Ha¡¦aretz.
>
> CONFLICTING PRESSURES
> Provoked by US unilateralism, governments everywhere are having to choose
> between elite anxieties and an aroused public
> opinion ¡V including in France,
> where the outcome is still uncertain.
>
> ANTIWAR ILLUSIONS
> Perry Anderson argues that contemporary antiwar movements lack staying power
> because they have illusions about the UN and the possession of nuclear
> weapons by smaller states.
>
> QUANTIFYING LIBERTY
> Post-9/11 restrictions on civil liberties are under scrutiny in the US,
> reports the New York Times, and if they are loosened, it will have more to
> do with economics than liberal morality.
>
> POTENTIAL UNgate
> It will be interesting to see whether UN diplomats react with cynicism or
> outrage to revelations by Britain¡¦s Sunday Observer that US intelligence is
> monitoring their confidential communications.
>
> MEET UNAMI
> Unami, says the London Times, stands for United Nations Assistance Mission
> in Iraq ¡V a secret group established by the UN in violation of its own
> charter ¡V charged with forming a new post-invasion Iraqi government.
>
> NOT ACCORDING TO PLAN
> The war hawks not only expected the US¡¦s reluctant allies to have fallen
> into line by now, but also the first signs of an Iraqi coup or uprising to
> have emerged. Neither has yet transpired.
>
> DEMOCRATIC DILEMMA
> An article in the Washington Post describing reform efforts in Saudi Arabia
> points to the dilemma confronting US foreign policy: democratization is
> likely to bring to power forces hostile to its interests.
>
> ASSERTIVE EUROPE
> The resistance to US war plans by the leading European powers is intended as
> a warning they can¡¦t be ignored, but whether they will veto an American
> resolution at the UN remains an open question.
>
> TURK REVERSAL LOOMS
> Defying public opinion, the hard-pressed Turkish government will likely
> succeed in reversing a parliamentary vote denying access to US forces to
> launch an invasion of northern Iraq.
>
> OCCUPYING IRAQ
> Time magazine says White House officials publicly talk about liberation but
> privately concede the aim is to ¡§take over Iraq, plain and simple¡¨ and
> impose strong military control over the country.
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