On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:45:23 -0600, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
> aside from the spammish nature of this post, it
> would sure be helpful to have urls direct to
> specific stories. if you're going to spam me,
> give me a reason to appreciate it.
>
> just for future reference.
>
> thanks.
>
> j
>
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 12:33:05 -0500, Marvin Gandall wrote:
>>
>> 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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