Archive for the 'war - iraq' Category

Putting the State on Trial

Protesters who have damaged military equipment are walking away from the dock

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Occupations Brutalise

The atrocities in Iraq surprise us only because we ignore colonial history.

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A War Crime Within a War Crime Within a War Crime

The revelations from Falluja are piling up

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War Without Rules

Yes, the US has used chemical weapons

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Bringing Out the Dead

The press has been minimising the death toll in Iraq

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How to Stop Civil War

Nicaragua and South Africa, not the US, should be the inspiration for Iraq’s constitution.

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Fraud and Corruption

Where has Iraq’s money gone?

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Killing vs Helping

Bush and Blair no longer seem able to see the difference.

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The Lies of the Press

The newspapers must also be held to account for the decision to invade Iraq.

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Greasing Up to Power

Our journalists bear as much responsibility for the misinformation about Iraq as the intelligence agencies.

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The Bones of the Saint

Remarks at the launch of Scott Lucas’s book The Betrayal of Dissent
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A Charter to Intervene

We need new international laws to tell us whether or not force is justified.
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Extreme Measures

We can’t rely on the Establishment to topple Tony Blair: we must do it ourselves.
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The Moral Myth

Superpowers act out of self-interest, not morality.
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Dreamers and Idiots

Bush and Blair did everything necessary to prevent the outbreak of peace
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Tony Blair’s New Friend

He made the moral case for war - but backs a dictator who boils prisoners to death
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Beware the Bluewash

The UN should not become the dustbin for America’s failed adventures
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America Is a Religion

There is no more dangerous notion than that of America the Divine
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Blair’s Grand Mistake

The war crimes case in Belgium illustrates the folly of Blair’s belief that the US is interested in justice
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Chemical hypocrites

The US is preparing to use banned weapons in Iraq
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No Way Out

Every likely outcome of this war is a disaster
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One Rule for Them …

Does the US support the Geneva Convention or doesn’t it?
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Left Behind to Starve

A humanitarian disaster is engulfing Africa as cash is poured into the war with Iraq and its aftermath
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A Wilful Blindness

Those who support the coming war with Iraq refuse to see that it has anything to do with US global domination.
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The Time for Talking Is Over

We must oppose this war as we have never opposed one before
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See You In Court

Taking the government to court may be the only means of holding Britain and the US to account for their plans to invade Iraq
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In the Crocodile’s Mouth

Blair is appeasing Bush partly in order to get a share of the world’s diminishing supplies of oil
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Thwart Mode

For the past eight years, the US has undermined disarmament in Iraq
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The Logic of Empire

The United States is now our foremost enemy. We must begin to treat it as such.
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Diplomatic Impunity

“If any of this gets out of this room, I’ll kill the person responsible”
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A War Against the Peacemaker

The US wants to depose the diplomat who could take away its pretext for war with Iraq
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America’s Bioterror

If President Bush is serious about waging war against weapons of mass destruction, he should start at home.
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