Archived Action Alerts / Updates
September 2002

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• Toxic Jihad: Our Hidden Bombs, Heather Wokusch, 30 September 2002
• Three big powers tell US it's wrong on Iraq, Caroline Overington, 30 September 2002
• Questions from the anti-war march for Mr Blair - we reject the weapons of mass deception that are being deployed to mobilise public opinion into backing US bloodlust, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, 30 September 2002
• Pine Gap gears for war with eye on Iraq, Craig Skehan, 30 September 2002
• A New Intifada is Born, Daoud Kuttab, 30 September 2002
• Israel Defence Forces already in Iraq, Jerusalem Post Staff, 29 September 2002
• Iraq's not the only state with deadly weapons: a visitor from Mars these days could easily get the impression that Iraq is a pioneer in the field of weapons of mass destruction, Linda McQuaig, 29 September 2002
• US quietly turns up the heat on Iran, Peter Beaumont, 29 September 2002
• US Forces Building Up Around Iraq, AP, 29 September 2002
• No war without UN warns poll, Kamal Ahmed, Peter Beaumont and Nick Paton Walsh, 29 September 2002
• Biggest protest in a generation hears calls for peace with Iraq, Andrew Johnson and Jonathan Thompson, 29 September 2002
• 'This war is wrong and we won't stand for it' - up to 350,000 people marched in London yesterday against military action in Iraq, Simon O'Hagan, 29 September 2002
• Doubts set in on Afghan mission: US soldiers told to lie, Rupert Wingfield Hayes, 28 September 2002
• Not in our name, John Pilger, 28 September 2002
• 'No New war on Iraq' rally in Wellington, W((indy))media report, 28 September 2002
• Photos from anti-war protests in London, BBC, 28 September 2002
• Israeli siege of Arafat 'is killing peace hope', Justin Huggler, 28 September 2002
• GM: Force-feeding the hungry, NGIN, 27 September 2002
• Alternatives to War, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, 27 September 2002
• Will the US Reap What It Has Sown? Byrd Asks, Paul J. Nyden, 27 September 2002
• Free Palestine protest drapes Auckland's motorway, 27 September 2002
• Britain and US agree on tough new UN resolution over Iraq, David Usborne in New York, 27 September 2002
• 40 bystanders hurt in Israeli attack on Hamas leader, Justin Huggler, 27 September 2002
• Water war looms as Israel tells Lebanon to halt river works, Robert Fisk, 26 September 2002
• Spinning Media Gears for a Faraway War, Norman Solomon, 26 September 2002
• Russia fears US oil companies will take over world's second-biggest reserves, Andrew Buncombe, 26 September 2002
• New Bush Policy: WE Hate THEIR Freedoms, Ira Chernus, 26 September 2002
• How I became a target for America's zealots, Anita Roddick, 26 September 2002
• Eighty more Labour MPs ready to rebel Blair is warned, Andrew Grice and Ben Russell, 26 September 2002
• The Politicization Of War With Iraq: "This has to end", US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, 25 September, 2002
• Blair's Iraq Dossier Gets Cool Reception from Allies, Alan Freeman, 25 September 2002
• What the world thought of Blair's dossier, Guardian, 25 September 2002
• US refrains from veto of resolution demanding end of Arafat siege, David Usborne, 25 September 2002
• Speaker refuses British Commons vote on military action, Patrick Wintour, 25 September 2002
• Clergy clash with former military commanders in their call to avoid war, Ben Russell, 25 September 2002
• The dishonesty of this so-called dossier: if these pages of trickery are based on 'probably' and 'if', we have no business going to war, Robert Fisk, 25 September 2002
• Fifty-three Labour MPs rebel despite Blair's assurance: 'Our purpose is No one wants military conflict', Andrew Grice, 25 September 2002
• Alert! US tests weapons of mass destruction, PMA, 25 September 2002
• War is a Lousy Way to Win an Election, Larry Weiss, 24 September 2002
• US was a Key Supplier to Saddam, Sean Gonsalves, 24 September 2002
• Tony Blair's dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, 24 September 2002
• Soldier killed boy in cold blood, say British volunteers, Jonathan Steele, 24 September 2002
• Prosecute Sharon for war crimes, Israeli women say, Robert Fisk, 24 September 2002
• Double standards: Israel Rejects 'Biased' Resolution, BBC, 24 September 2002
• Just Say No, Kathryn Casa, 23 September 2002
• 'Palestine is still the issue': why my film is under fire, John Pilger, 23 September 2002
• Culture War With B-2's, Maureen Dowd, 22 September 2002
• War Plans Target Hussein Power Base: Scenarios Feature A Smaller Force, Narrower Strikes, Thomas E. Ricks, 22 September 2002
• Unveiled: The Thugs Bush Wants in Place of Saddam, David Pratt, 22 September 2002
• Mass popular protest throughout the Palestinian Territories; continued curfew and Israeli violence, Palestine Monitor, 22 September 2002
• Short warns Blair: Don't kill Iraqi innocents, Jo Dillon, Kim Sengupta and Andrew Buncombe, 22 September 2002
• Scientists question Bush case against Iraq, Andrew Buncombe, 22 September 2002
• Now for the Bush Doctrine, Peter Beaumont, 22 September 2002
• Israeli army shoots dead four demonstrators, Justin Huggler, 22 September 2002
• Hopes of peace left shattered by Israeli offensive, Justin Huggler, 22 September 2002
• Gulf War General Says Iraq Invasion 'Totally Unjustified', Sean Rayment, 22 September 2002
• Dismantling Democracy: What's Behind the Magic Trick of War? Thom Hartmann, 22 September 2002
• Bush Moves Iraq Goalposts All Over Field, Molly Ivins, 22 September 2002
• B-2 bombers poised to lead war on Saddam, Peter Beaumont, 22 September 2002
• Feminism as imperialism: George Bush is not the first empire-builder to wage war in the name of women, Katharine Viner, 21 September 2002
• Empire and Military Supremacy at Heart of Bush Strategy, Roland Watson, 21 September 2002
• Bush's War Plans Are a Cover-Up, Byrd Says, Paul J. Nyden, 21 September 2002
• Peace Petitions update + US Government Delays Biological Weapons Convention, PMA, 20 September 2002
• Middle East crisis requires comprehensive solution, UN envoy tells Security Council, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, 20 September 2002
• Letter to UN Security Council, Ramsey Clark (Former US Attorney General), 20 September 2002
• Expose Pine Gap! Media Alert, 20 September 2002
• The Bush Victory in Iraq, Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, 20 September 2002
• Reject President's War Resolutions, Editorial Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 20 September 2002
• No to war on Iraq, Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India), 20 September 2002.
• 'The National Security Strategy of the United States', the full text of Bush's National Security Strategy, 20 September 2002
• US sends forces to wage secret war in Horn of Africa, Andrew Buncombe and Rupert Cornwell, 19 September 2002
• US Hypocritical on Human-Rights Abuses, Marie Cocco, 19 September 2002
• Fiji's leader urges end to shipment of radioactive materials in Pacific at UN Assembly, PM Laisenia Qarase, 19 September 2002
• President Bush's proposed congressional resolution to authorize military action against Iraq, 19 September 2002
• US Drops Bid to Strengthen Germ Warfare Accord, Peter Slevin, 19 September 2002
• UN to upset Bush's war plans with one-year deadline for Iraq, David Usborne, 19 September 2002
• Gangster Diplomacy, Bush style: if you want to know how George W Bush will go about getting international support for war, look at how his father did it 12 years ago, John Pilger, 19 September 2002
• Bush to bulldoze military action vote through Congress, Rupert Cornwell, 19 September 2002
• Baghdad, Autumn 2002: City of Doom, Norman Solomon, 19 September 2002
• Statement on Iraq by the Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian Churches and The Salvation Army, 18 September 2002
• Waging War Seldom Leads to Lasting Peace, Marwan Bishara, 18 September 2002
• USA Patriot Act Needs Dismantling, Editorial, 18 September 2002
• Spy Scandal Has Reduced America's Control of Mission, James Bone, 18 September 2002
• Some Bay Area Democrats May Oppose Iraq Attack: Barbara Lee is Finding Support for Opposition to Military Action, Edward Epstein, 18 September 2002
• UN split over Iraqi weapons offer: Bush and Blair press on for war against Saddam but international coalition is unravelling, Rupert Cornwell in Washington and Kim Sengupta, 18 September 2002
• Saddam's concessions will never be enough for the US: unless it can engineer a war, Bush's administration is political roadkill, Simon Tisdall, 18 September 2002
• Rumsfeld: Congress must authorise military force against Saddam, Matt Kelley, 18 September 2002
• US builds up forces for winter campaign, Rupert Cornwell, 18 September 2002
• Stars tell Blair: stay out of Iraq, Guardian, 18 September 2002
• President Bush wants war, not justice, Robert Fisk, 18 September 2002
• Catholic Bishops Oppose a Unilateral War on Iraq, Larry Stammer, 18 September 2002
• Bribing Our Way to War, Editorial, 18 September 2002
• Blair camp sceptical but satisfied: Straw claims success of international pressure, Michael White, 18 September 2002
• Arab countries welcome Iraq's 'positive step', Anne Penketh, 18 September 2002
• 'Sooner or later we're going to be attacked', Kim Sengupta, 18 September 2002
• For a Just Peace in Palestine, Statement by the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, 17 April 2002
• Statement Against War on Iraq, Australian Greens, 17 September 2002
• After one year: A new letter, more signatories, and a wave of activity, The Seniors / Michtav HaShministim, 17 September 2002
• The letter from Iraq's foreign affairs minister to Kofi Anan, 17 September 2002
• Untested administration hawks clamor for war, James Bamford, 17 September 2002
• My Party Must Say No to War, Hank Perritt, 17 September 2002
• Might Makes Right? Wrong, Kimon Valaskakis, 17 September 2002
• Keeping Faith in Our Doubts, James Carroll, 17 September 2002
• International Criminals, Tom Turnipseed, 17 September 2002
• In An Age of Global Terror, The Nuclear Industry is Unsafe - At Any Price, Editorial, 17 September 2002
• Government must lift the veil, Keith Locke, 17 September 2002
• Bush Fails to Make Case for War, Sean Gonsalves, 17 September 2002
• Bombs Will Deepen Iraq's Nightmare: This war plan forces me to stand by the dictator who tortured me, Haifa Zangana, 17 September 2002
• Asylum minister's daughter protests at hardline policy, Kathy Marks, 17 September 2002
• Secrecy on SAS must stop, NZ Herald Editroial, 17 September 2002
• Saudi Arabia hints it will let Americans launch attack from Prince Sultan base, Katherine Butler, 16 September 2002
• Men of God, Warriors for Peace, Enemies of War, Leonard I Beerman, James Lawson, Maher Hathout and George F Regas, 16 September 2002
• Illegal Occupation: the tragedy of an epic injustice that is at the root of Bush's and Blair's threats of war, John Pilger, 16 September 2002
• Aborigines halt Rio Tinto project, Jason Nissé, 15 September 2002
• It's Time for the US to Join the United Nations, Ellen Goodman,15 September 2002
• In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue: US Drillers Eye Huge Petroleum Pool, Dan Morgan and David B Ottaway,15 September 2002
• Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President, Neil Mackay, 15 September 2002
• Spooks dig for secrets of Saddam, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy, 15 September 2002
• UN fears Iraq anarchy as Bush calls for 'backbone' on Saddam, Ed Vulliamy and Kamal Ahmed, 15 September 2002
• For sale to the highest bidder: Britain's secret weapons labs, Jamie Doward, 15 September 2002
• FBI joins interrogation of prime suspect, Raymond Whitaker, 15 September 2002
• Saddam's Iraq is the ideal enemy, Raymond Whitaker, 15 September 2002
• America's case for war is built on blindness, hypocrisy and lies: George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld are wilfully ignoring the realities of the Middle East, the result can only be catastrophic, Robert Fisk, 15 September 2002
• Fortunes of war await Bush's circle after attacks on Iraq, Andrew Gumbel, 15 September 2002
• Britain and US marshal crack troops to intensify pressure on Saddam, Severin Carrell, 15 September 2002
• Straw seeks ultimatum on Iraqi weapons, Jo Dillon, 15 September 2002
• Sort out Iraq or we will, Bush tells UN, Independent Political Staff, 15 September 2002
• Web site data undermines New Zealand's secret war in Afghanistan, Green Party, 15 September 2002
• US Delegation Lands in Iraq, Criticizing Moves Toward War, Pressing for Inspectors' Return, Sameer N. Yacoub, 14 September 2002
• The past is always present, Pierre Pean, 14 September 2002
• Another September anniversary: Eyewitness - Sabra and Shatila 20 years on, Martin Asser, 14 September 2002
• Glimmers of hope and decency during a bad week for Arabs in America, Robert Fisk, 14 September 2002
• The Last Emperor: One Thing Was Made Crystal Clear Yesterday: There Is No Other Authority Than America, No Law But US Law, Polly Toynbee, 13 September 2002
• Ten Reasons Why Many Gulf War Veterans Oppose Re-Invading Iraq, Anonymous Gulf war veteran, 13 September 2002
• Bush at the UN: 'Diplomacy' in the Age of the American Empire, Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan, 13 September 2002
• Israelis say Arafat's days are numbered after defeat by MPs, Justin Huggler, 13 September 2002
• Fudge expected as Bush and Blair seek UN approval for war, Anne Penketh, 13 September 2002
• Allies fear economic and political impact, Rupert Cornwell, 13 September 2002
• The mantra that means this time it's serious, Robert Fisk, 13 September 2002
• Qatar base may provide permanent home for US troops, Andrew Buncombe in Washington, 13 September 2002
• UK Army plans 'largest operation for years', Independent, 13 September 2002
• UN must resist Bush's bullying, Green Party, 13 September 2002
• The Cost of War, Mark Weisbrot, 12 September 2002
• Amid War Talk, Everyday Needs Face Neglect, Marie Cocco, 12 September 2002
• The tortured logic that links Iraq to this memorial: in future it will seem a shame to have all this patriotism floating about and no one to destroy, Mark Steel, 12 September 2002
• Tony Blair must convince us that a war on Iraq would bring benefits to the Iraqi people and the region, Natasha Walter, 12 September 2002
• No More 11th of Septembers - not In Iraq or elsewhere, WILPF (International), 11 September 2002
• Australia: part of the problem: Australia's contribution to the war on terror can be summarised as 365 days of missed opportunities, David Wright-Nevill, 11 September 2002
• Fundamentalism is the Enemy of All Civilized Humanity, RAWA Statement on the anniversary of the September 11 tragedy, 11 September 2002
• This war is a failure: the anniversary of September 11 will be remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims; what will not be clear is the exploitation of their grief and of our memory of the great atrocity, John Pilger, 11 September 2002
• The Hijackings are Still in Progress, Laurie King-Irani, 11 September 2002
• UN's Chief Inspector Cites Lack of Evidence vs Iraq, Elizabeth Neuffer, 11 September 2002
• Maestro Strikes a Note of Peace: Israeli Reaches Out at West Bank School, Jamie Tarabay, 11 September 2002
• Annan Warns US Over Iraq, BBC, 11 September 2002
• Anger at US Said to Be at New High, Jane Perlez, 11 September 2002
• Nelson Mandela: The United States of America is a Threat to World Peace, Tim Radford, 11 September 2002
• Marching as to war: Tony Blair scored some points yesterday, but he has not yet made a case for military action against Iraq, Jonathan Freedland, 11 September 2002
• Why we still don't get it, one year on: Americans are badly served by semi-official media propaganda, Mark Hertsgaard, 11 September 2002
• Legislative responses to terrorism: draconian laws passed in the UK and the US after September 11 threaten the very democracy they are meant to protect, Philip Thomas, 11 September 2002
• Beyond September 11: beyond responsibility - last year's terrorist attacks on the US have allowed President Bush to pursue with impunity a boundless and unjustifiable war on terror, Phil Scraton, 11 September 2002
• Fatah vows to stop attacks on Israelis, Eric Silver, 11 September 2002
• The new rules needed to build a new world, Deborah Orr, 11 September 2002
• 'If the will of the UN is ignored then action will follow', Tony Blair, 11 September 2002
• Parliament recalled to discuss Iraq crisis, John Deane, 11 September 2002
• One year on: A view from the Middle East, Robert Fisk, 11 September 2002
• This war is a failure: the anniversary of September 11 will be remembered with highly charged images, especially those of the grieving families of the victims; what will not be clear is the exploitation of their grief and of our memory of the great atrocity, John Pilger, 11 September 2002
• One Year Later: September Eleventh 2002 Statement, Peaceful Tomorrows, 11 September 2002
• NZ Church Leaders joint statement on the threat of war against Iraq, 10 September 2002
• Not In Our Name: A Statement of Conscience Against War and Repression, US Citizens, published 10 September 2002, onoing.
• British Government's Report on Campaign Against Terrorism, 10 September 2002
• Why a War Against Iraq Would be Illegal Under International Law, Moana Cole, 10 September 2002
• Look for Hope in 9/11 Observances, Sean Gonsalves, 10 September 2002
• Cheney's Warped Perspective on the Need to Attack Iraq, Scott Ritter, 10 September 2002
• As Terror War Expands, Failures Multiply, William D. Hartung, 10 September 2002
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• Some of Us Did Not Die, Laura Flanders, 10 September 2002
• Bush is Intent on Painting Allies and Enemies in the Middle East as Evil, Robert Fisk, 10 September 2002
• The Iraqi threat: real or imagined? 80-page IISS dossier details Iraqi capabilities, Richard Norton-Taylor, 10 September 2002
• MP wants Speaker to overrule Blair, David Hencke and Lucy Ward, 10 September 2002
• White House in fresh drive to win over sceptics, Rupert Cornwell, 10 September 2002
• Saddam weaker now than before Gulf War, says report, Kim Sengupta, 10 September 2002
• There's Still Time for Americans to Stop Insanity, Robert Jensen, 9 September 2002
• On Eve of One-Year Anniversary, ACLU Says Terrorist Attacks Have Changed American Law and Society, ACLU, 9 September 2002
• Calling 9-11: America and Iraq, Ramzi Kysia, 9 September 2002
• Drain the Swamp and There Will Be No More Mosquitoes: by attacking Iraq, the US will invite a new wave of terrorist attacks, Noam Chomsky, 9 September 2002
• The Blinding Gauze of Sentimentality, Salim Muwakkil, 9 September 2002
• Mr Bush and Mr Blair have still not produced the evidence to justify war, Independent Leader, 9 September 2002
• Church and trade unions unite to condemn 'downward spiral of conflict and destruction', Paul Vallely and Ben Russell, 9 September 2002
• Growing European opposition to any unilateral attack, Tony Paterson, 9 September 2002
• How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them, Neil Mackay and Felicity Arbuthnot, 8 September 2002
• 100 Jets Join Attack on Iraq, Michael Smith, 6 September 2002
• Don't look now - Saddam is drowning kittens: the warmongers failed to win public opinion, so they're suddenly cobbling together 'evidence', Mark Steel, 5 September 2002
• When the whirlwind blows, John Pilger, 5 September 2002
• The Indonesian Tribunal: A Matter of Justice or Political Diversion? James Dunn, 4 September 2002
• 'Terrorism did not begin on September 11': To call the attacks on the US an 'intelligence failure' is to misunderstand the nature of intelligence, Stella Rimington (says former MI5 chief), 4 September 2002
• What really changed: The aftershocks of September 11 are still being felt across the globe - but they are not the ones we imagined, Jonathan Freedland, 4 September 2002
• Blair: Saddam has to go, Patrick Wintour, 4 September 2002
• Blair has to talk up war in order to make it less likely: Iraq is not Kosovo or Afghanistan and the prime minister knows it, Polly Toynbee, 4 September 2002
• Hawkish PM demands public's trust: how Blair answered crucial questions, Patrick Wintour, 4 September 2002
• Sharon orders attack readiness by November 1: preparations being made 'for any scenario', Ewen MacAskill, 4 September 2002
• Blair to meet Bush over Iraq, Matthew Tempest, 4 September 2002
• Mr Blair has proved his loyalty to President Bush - but not the case for war, Independent Leader, 4 September 2002
• Blair: It is our duty to support US over Iraq, Paul Waugh, 4 September 2002
• Powell says Bush is close to decision on Iraq: US Secretary of State rejects Iraq offer on weapons inspectors, AP, 4 September 2002
• Mary Robinson: Human Rights Crusader, Boston Globe Editorial, 3 September 2002, Boston Globe Editorial, 3 September 2002
• Trouble in the Pipeline: The Corporate Promises Being Made at the Earth Summit Are Likely to Prove Hollow, George Monbiot, 3 September 2002
• War on Terrorism Has Oily Undercurrent, Sean Gonsalves, 3 September 2002
• It's Not Our Fight Say British Public, David Seymour And Oonagh Blackman, 3 September 2002
• Secrecy Is Our Enemy, Bob Herbert, 2 September 2002
• Too Much Secrecy: Governments Don't Like to be Accountable, William Pfaff, 2 September 2002
• Naked Aggression or Fig Leaf? Making Sense of the Iraq Situation, Mark Gubrud, 2 September 2002
• Bush against the world: Europe should speak its mind, Guardian Leader, 2 September 2002
• Deaths of Arab Civilians Prompt Israeli Inquiry, Joel Greenberg, 2 September 2002
• Iraq and Poison Gas, Dilip Hiro, 2 September 2002
• US in disarray over Iraq as Powell backs call for weapons inspectors, Andrew Gumbel and Marie Woolf, 2 September 2002
• Message on the Commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of September 11, Dalai Lama, 1 September 2002
• Outrage at plan to celebrate tolerance, Observer, 1 September 2002
• Iraq: Blair hawkish as dissent mounts, Jo Dillon, 1 September 2002
• Send Inspectors First: Is a Domestic Political Agenda Driving War With Iraq? Scott Ritter, 1 September 2002
• Slide From the Impossible to the Apocalyptic, Felicity Arbuthnot, 1 September 2002
• War on Iraq: Fast-Forward to 2012 - the question then will be: "How could America's leaders have been so weak and ill-informed?" Karen J. Alter, 1 September 2002 Karen J. Alter, 1 September 2002
• As US Pursues a Verbal War Against Iraq, World Voices Concern, Elaine Sciolino, 1 September 2002
• Where is the 'dossier of damning evidence' on Iraq? Independent Leader, 1 September 2002
• Iraq: Blair hawkish as dissent mounts, Jo Dillon, 1 September 2002
• Gulf with allies widens over military action, Jo Dillon and Severin Carrell, 1 September 2002
• When US turned a blind eye to poison gas: America knew Baghdad was using chemical weapons against the Kurds in 1988; so why has it taken 14 years to muster its outrage? Dilip Hiro, 1 September 2002
• Hoon joins summit on Iraq war, Kamal Ahmed, Jason Burke and Peter Beaumont, 1 September 2002
• Will Bush go to war against Saddam? As the arguments about what to do with Iraq drag on, the hawks and doves have been fighting their own ruthless battle for the undecided mind of the President, Peter Beaumont and Ed Helmore, 1 September 2002
• Helicopter raid kills five Palestinians in West Bank, Ewen MacAskill, 1 September 2002

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