Archived Action Alerts / Updates
October 2002

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• US to put Saddam and his 'dirty dozen' on trial for war crimes, Andrew Buncombe and David Usborne, 31 October 2002
• The Never-Ending War on Terror, William Pfaff, 31 October 2002
• As If It Matters… Bill C. Davis, 31 October 2002
• Albanian and Russian observers sent to monitor American elections, Andrew Gumbel, 31 October 2002
• World rocked for a Muslim family living the quiet life, Linda Morris and Deborah Cameron, 31 October 2002
• Australian secret police target terror suspects, Greg Ansley, 31 October 2002
• The people must protest, Paul Foot, 30 October 2002
• Why imprison us? We are just old men, say inmates of Guantanamo, Phil Reeves, 30 October 2002
• To Some, Real Threat Is US - Many members of the UN Security Council see American bullying, not Iraqi defiance, as the greater risk to geopolitical stability, Maggie Farley and Doyle McManus, 30 October 2002
• Secret talks bridge gap on Iraq resolution - UN vote on agreed draft may come this week, Ewen MacAskill and John Hooper, 30 October 2002
• New Arafat cabinet sidelines reformers, Chris McGreal, 30 October 2002
• Low-risk prisoners freed from high-security hell - returning Guantanamo Bay inmates talk of stifling cells, little exercise and no contact with families, David Rohde, 30 October 2002
• Israeli coalition government collapses, Mark Oliver and Simon Jeffery, 30 October 2002
• BP chief fears US will carve up Iraqi oil riches, Terry Macalister, 30 October 2002
• Aid to be used to fight terrorism, AAP, 30 October 2002
• US invasion of Iraq merely postponed, not cancelled, Gwynne Dyer, 29 October 2002
• SAS soldiers decorated for service in Afghanistan, Richard Norton-Taylor, 29 October 2002
• Murder of US envoy shows anti-Bush feeling is spreading, Robert Fisk, 29 October 2002
• Military Training and Violence, Sean Gonsalves, 29 October 2002
• Israeli coalition in crisis as Labour blocks funding for settlers, Justin Huggler, 29 October 2002
• France frustrates US by continuing to reject use of force against Saddam, David Usborne and Paul Waugh, 29 October 2002
• Do As We Say, Not As We Do - the free market is imposed on the poor world, but absent from the rich world, George Monbiot, 29 October 2002
• Branding New and Improved Wars, Norman Solomon, 29 October 2002
• Terrorist Training American Style, Heather Wokusch, 28 October 2002
• The Secret War - frustrated by intelligence failures, the Defense Department is dramatically expanding its 'black world' of covert operations, William M. Arkin, 27 October 2002
• Gene tests on isle plants is risky, advocate says - Hawaii is becoming an experimental test plot for genetically modified plants, Diana Leone, 27 October 2002
• Indonesia's Anti-Terrorism Decree a threat to basic rights, Tapol, 27 October 2002
• Photos from 26 October protests in Wellington, 26 October 2002
• Photos from 26 October protests in Auckland, 26 October 2002
• US starts 'hardball' on draft resolution, Rupert Cornwell, 26 October 2002
• Israeli tanks storm into Jenin again, Justin Huggler, 26 October 2002
• Hundreds of Thousands March Against War In Washington, San Francisco and Cities Around the World, ANSWER, 26 October 2002
• Here's an Idea: Fight Terrorism by Saving Lives, Christopher Brauchli, 26 October 2002
• Bush's Lies and Simple Truths, Robert Jensen, 26 October 2002
• Letter to the SIS Minister on UKUSA Agreement, Anti-Bases Campaign, 25 October 2002
• The other side of America - in the US, not everyone is an overweight gun fanatic - and not everyone wants a war with Iraq, Duncan Campbell, 25 October 2002
• Quiet redeployment of American forces in the Gulf suggests attack will be delayed, Kim Sengupta, 25 October 2002
• Iran will not stand in way of UN-backed war on Iraq - Tehran minister hints at softening opposition, Leonard Doyle, 25 October 2002
• Bali - the lies go on, John Pilger, 25 October 2002
• Where on earth are public/private partnerships leading us? Big business not the answer, Jane Kelsey, 24 October 2002
• Both sides criticise new US peace plan for Middle East, Mark Lavie, 24 October 2002
• US boxed in by Bush's strike-first doctrine, key Clinton adviser assesses the dangers of America's new national security strategy, James Rubin, 23 October 2002
• The battle for Baghdad - heavy fighting over UN resolution, Guardian Leader, 23 October 2002
• Straw: UN must act soon on Iraq, Guardian, 23 October 2002
• Russia and France block US draft resolution on Iraq, Rupert Cornwell, 23 October 2002
• Prisoners from Guantanamo Bay to be sent home because they are 'no longer a threat', Andrew Buncombe, 23 October 2002
• Irish mount huge legal bid to close 'at risk' Sellafield, Michael McCarthy, 23 October 2002
• Deadlock at the United Nations, BBC, 23 October 2002
• Bin Laden's secrets are revealed by Al Jazeera journalist, Robert Fisk, 23 October 2002
• Unreality TV, George Monbiot, 22 October 2002
• White House Spins Out on an Axis of Evil, Robert Scheer, 22 October 2002
• US Refines Plan for War in Cities, Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, 22 October 2002
• Resurgence for nuclear labs - Scientists designing weapons for terror war, planning underground tests, James Sterngold, 22 October 2002
• Iraq Crisis, Felicity Arbuthnot, 22 October 2002
• 'Smarter' Bombs Still Hit Civilians - in every war since Iraq, the US used more 'smart' bombs. So why do civilian casualty rates keep rising? Scott Peterson, 22 October 2002
• Two Examples of Misinformation on Iraqi Biological Weapons Production, Hans von Sponeck, 21 October 2002
• Nobel laureates say "No" to war with Iraq, AFP, 21 October 2002
• How to shut up your critics with a single word, Robert Fisk, 21 October 2002
• Dissension in the Ranks: Rumsfeld's Style and Goals Frustrate Top Brass, Vernon Loeb and Thomas E. Ricks, 21 October 2002
• Concern that the Bali bombing may re-activate Suharto era repression, IHRC, 21 October 2002
• Bad diplomacy, bad foreign policy and bad for Britain - Blair's support for Bush on Iraq alienates our allies and brings war closer, Simon Tisdall, 21 October 2002
• US / Iraqi Students Exchange Letters of Peace, Leah C. Wells, 20 October 2002
• The Legacy Of The Second Front Of The War On Terror - the Philippines, Moana Cole, 20 October 2002
• Iraq war 'unjustifiable', says Bush's church head, Ed Vulliamy, 20 October 2002
• Citizens as Soldiers, Citizens as Prey, Robert Jensen, 20 October 2002
• War Would Crush Iraqi Cities, Analysts Say - Utilities, hospitals seen as weaker than in '91 conflict, Anthony Shadid, 20 October 2002
• Iraq war 'unjustifiable', says Bush's church head, Ed Vulliamy, 20 October 2002
• Britain poised to call up reservists as forces prepare for action on Iraq, Gaby Hinsliff and Ed Vulliamy, 20 October 2002
• Leaders and 'terrorists' speak with one voice, Robert Fisk in Beirut, 20 October 2002
• Australians turn on government over US alliance, Andrew Gumbel, 19 October 2002
• Study: Israel leads in ignoring Security Council resolutions, Shlomo Shamir, 19 October 2002
• A War Won't End Terrorism, Tamim Ansary, 19 October 2002
• Americans soften draft UN resolution on Iraqi arms, David Usborne, 18 October 2002
• Proliferation, Not Iraq, Is the Issue, William Hartung, 18 October 2002
• Tanks being refitted for desert war, Kim Sengupta, 17 October 2002
• Blair refuses to be drawn on military action, Andrew Grice, 17 October 2002
• Bush takes powers to launch war on Saddam - US president and UN remain in dispute as Blair refuses to talk of troop deployment and army prepares tanks for desert conditions, Rupert Cornwell, 17 October 2002
• Saddam seems to have won over his floating voters - he must be especially pleased after the disappointment of getting 99.96 per cent last time, Mark Steel, 17 October 2002
• Saddam declares his presidency perfect, Robert Fisk, 17 October 2002
• The Silent War: Iraq's Women and Children are Casualties Amid Economic Sanctions, Leah C. Wells, 17 October 2002
• Lethal Hypocrisy: for 40 years, Australian governments have colluded with state terrorism, John Pilger, 17 Oct 2002
• At least 7 Palestinians killed by Israeli army shelling of neighbourhood in Rafah, The Palestine Monitor, 17 October 2002
• 80% Killed During Curfew Are Children, B'tselem, 16 October 2002
• CADU Calls for Blair to Commit to no Future Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons in Iraq in Face of Unresolved Gulf War Deaths and Illnesses, CADU, 16 October 2002
• Indonesia pledges to kick start terror crackdown, Tim Sullivan, 16 October 2002
• No airlift, poor treatment, spartan wards: how the Balinese became the forgotten victims of terror, Kathy Marks, 16 October 2002
• Blair: This war is as important as any war we have fought before, Paul Waugh and Raymond Whitaker, 16 October 2002
• War will provoke terrorism Labour MPs warn Blair, Andrew Grice, 16 October 2002
• Bush signs Iraq war resolution, Guardian Staff and agencies, 16 October 2002
• UN deadlock keeps Blix's team waiting, Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger, 16 October 2002
• Blair backs US taking on Iraq and terrorists - extremists must not win, MPs told, Michael White, 16 October 2002
• Letter to the Members of the United Nations Security Council, QPS, 15 October 2002
• Letter re Bali tragedy, IHRC, 15 October 2002
• US missile defence test dodges decoys, New Scientist, 15 October 2002
• The world they have created, Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific, 15 October 2002
• Bali-Iraq: End the Cycle of Violence, say Doctors, MAPW, 15 October 2002
• British Ambassador to Israel: West Bank is Largest Concentration Camp in the World, Alan Philps, 15 October 2002
• 'Just War' or Is It Just a War? Susan B. Thistlethwaite, 15 October 2002
• Bali proves that America's war on terror isn't working, Jonathan Freedland, 15 October 2002
• Déjà Vu All Over Again… Phyllis Bennis, 15 October 2002
• US military dictatorship in Iraq: Regime change in Washington? Jan Oberg, 15 October 2002
• The rich world's veto on reform: the global grip of western vested interests can only be overcome by a democratic revolution, George Monbiot, 15 October 2002
• Afghanistan - Donor Inaction and Ineffectiveness, Mark Sedra, 14 October 2002
• An Open Letter to Barbara Lee, Dan Brook, 14 October 2002
• The Bali carnage and its implications for human rights in Indonesia, Tapol, 14 October 2002
• This crime proves none of us are safe - and Britons may well be the next targets, Robert Fisk, 14 October 2002
• Unless there is more justice in the world, Bali will be repeated, Independent, 14 October 2002
• Get Ready for Bleak Life During Wartime, Salim Muwakkil, 14 October 2002
• CIA and NASA Linked During Cold War Space Race, Leonard David, 14 October 2002
• Hazards of Uranium weapons in Afghanistan, Dai Williams, updated 13 october 2002
• US Patents confirm uranium warheads, Dai Williams, 13 October 2002
• Hazards of suspected uranium weapons in the proposed war on Iraq, Dai Williams,13 October 2002
• 45,000 March in Melbourne Rally Against War on Iraq, Indymedia, 13 October 2002
• Kibbutzniks offer land to Palestinians in a rare protest over Israel's 'Berlin Wall', Justin Huggler, 13 October 2002
• Outrage as Iraq views UK arms: Peace campaigners angered as Saddam's top brass 'rub shoulders' with British firms at weapons bazaar, Jason Burke, 13 October 2002
• Israeli Forces Kill Five Palestinians, Guardian update, 13 October 2002
• Master chefs feed GM foods rebellion: France's leading cooks are in open revolt against tampering with Europe's crops and cattle, Paul Webster, 13 October 2002
• Straw: war against Iraq is looking 'less likely' - Iraq to see UK arms on show, Kamal Ahmed, Nick Paton Walsh and Ed Helmore, 13 October 2002
• Going Backwards: America's For-Profit Secret Army, Leslie Wayne, 13 October 2002
• Baghdad makes new offer on inspectors: Straw says threat of conflict is starting to bring Saddam to heel as Pentagon steps up military preparations, Andy McSmith and Andrew Buncombe, 13 October 2002
• Will Bush's carve-up of Iraq include getting hands on its oil? Robert Fisk, 12 October 2002
• The US blueprint for post-war Iraq strengthens the case against invasion, Independent, 12 October 2002
• Blair's Russian mission fails as Putin questions UK 'propaganda', Nigel Morris, 12 October 2002
• Lawyers stress the need for UN approval: Britain would break international law if it used armed force against Iraq, Chris Gray, 12 October 2002
• Iraqi dissidents dismayed at reports of postwar plans for Iraq, AP, 11 October 2002
• A Bleak Day for America, David Krieger, 11 October 2002
• Americans Feel Pinch as Arab Boycott Starts to Bite, Michael Theodoulou and Daniel McGrory, 11 October 2002
• US Has a Plan to Occupy Iraq Officials Report, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, 11 October 2002
• The Dinosaur War - To Protect Corporate Profits, Thom Hartmann, 11 October 2002
• The Folly of Pre-emptive War, Kevin Danaher, Ted Lewis and Jason Mark, 11 October 2002
• Critics of Bush and Cheney May Be Too Generous, Devin Nordberg, 11 October 2002
• Veterans Association Report Confirms Massive Delayed Gulf War Casualties, 10 October 2002
• Public amnesia and hypocrisy needed to justify war on Iraq, Scott Burchill, 10 October 2002
• Congress Wraps in Flag, Turns Back on Country, Sheryl McCarthy, 10 October 2002
• Democrats Playing Catch-Up in Media War, Norman Solomon, 10 October 2002
• Onward Christian Soldiers: The March to War, John Buell, 10 October 2002
• CIA Intelligence Refutes Bush's War Rhetoric, David Corn, 10 October 2002
• UK spies reject al-Qaida link: Intelligence MI5 and MI6 dismiss Iraq terror 'evidence', Richard Norton-Taylor, 10 October 2002
• Biotechnology and Society: Radicalizing the Debate, Brian Tokar, October 2002
• Nauru criticises US stance on nuclear weapons, ABC, 9 October 2002
• Straw fails to secure Arab support for UN resolution, Kim Sengupta and Anne Penketh, 9 October 2002
• White House 'exaggerating Iraqi threat' - Bush's televised address attacked by US intelligence, Julian Borger, 9 October 2002
• What the US President wants us to forget, Robert Fisk, 9 October 2002
• This marks the death of deterrence: Bush's new doctrine kills the principle of state sovereignty, Richard Norton-Taylor, 9 October 2002
• Raid on US marines puts question mark over friendly Kuwait, Robert Fisk, 9 October 2002
• Rules of secrecy in the brochure, Vernon Small, 8 October 2002
• Goff's offer to host mediation between Indonesia and the West Papua independence movement welcome, IHRC, 8 October 2002
• SAS troops part of free-trade effort - Locke, 8 October 2002
• Why Is No One Talking About Casualties? Arianna Huffington, 8 October 2002
• US troops will stay in Afghanistan 'until we win', David Blair and Toby Harnden, 8 October 2002
• US Presses for Total Exemption From War Crimes Court, Elizabeth Becker, 8 October 2002
• Truth on Iraq Seeps Through, Robert Scheer,/a> 8 October 2002
• Statement by Senator Douglas Roche (Canada) on the Iraq-US Crisis, 8 October 2002
• Scores in Congress Dissent Over Iraq, Jill Zuckman, 8 October 2002
• Ousting Saddam illegal, British PM told, Clare Dyer, 8 October 2002
• Military expects the go-ahead for Iraq war within a month, Kim Sengupta, 8 October 2002
• Inspection as invasion - the US has been seeking to prevent a resolution of the Iraq crisis for the past eight years, George Monbiot, 8 October 2002
• Fourteen die after Israelis launch missile into crowd, Justin Huggler, 8 October 2002
• Bush's Leaps of Illogic Don't Answer People's Questions About War, Robert Jensen, 8 October 2002
• Bush says action against Saddam cannot wait, Rupert Cornwell and John Lichfield, 8 October 2002
• Arab Public Opinion Deeply Ambivalent About US, Jim Lobe, 8 October 2002
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• Indonesian Rights Activists Urge US Congress To Block Military Training, ETAN, 7 October 2002
• Foes of Policy on Iraq Finally Coming to Life, Salim Muwakkil, 7 October 2002
• Current Violations of UN Security Council Resolutions by countries other than Iraq, Stephen Zunes, 7 October 2002
• Don't sell our sovereignty, Keith Locke, 7 October 2002
• Pine Gap Protest! 5 to 7 October 2002
• Statement of the Third International Solidarity Meeting on West Papua, 6 October 2002
• War is unavoidable, Bush tells US - Presidential speech's 'Churchillian' call to arms sends Iraq clear signal, Ed Vulliamy 6 October 2002 2002
• The Timor Gap - Xanana Gusmao was welcomed to New Zealand as an honoured guest, but New Zealand has yet to face the truth about its role in East Timor's bloody past, Maire Leadbeater, 5 October 2002
• Indonesia Human Rights Committee presses for release of foreigners in Aceh, IHRC, 5 October 2002
• India and Pakistan raise election tension with missiles tests, Luke Harding, 5 October 2002
• How the League of Nations ended up as debris, Robert Fisk, 5 October 2002
• Nato used the same old trick when it made Milosevic an offer he could only refuse, Robert Fisk, 4 October 2002
• Britain and US block return of inspectors as UN split deepens, David Usborne and Andrew Grice, 4 October 2002
• Australians accused of torture in East Timor, Peter O'Connor, 4 October 2002
• Media Guide: How to View the United Nations, Norman Solomon, 3 October 2002
• UK 'should ban nuclear arms': Scientists urge government not to replace Trident, Richard Norton-Taylor 3 October 2002
• US hardline on Iraq leaves full-scale invasion a 'hair-trigger' away, Julian Borger, Ewen MacAskill, and Ian Black, 3 October 2002
• Make farming sustainable, equitable, Vandana Shiva, 3 October 2002
• Israel's fear of the truth: the Palestinians are no longer alone; Israel, despite the craven intimidation of some of its supporters, has ceased to be immune from truthful media criticism, John Pilger, 03 October 2002
• Call for No Fly zone at USAF Lakenheath - no nukes, no war action, Lakenheath Action Group, 3 October 2002
• Attack Iraq - unleash chaos, Praful Bidwai, 3 October 2002
• Butler accuses US of nuclear hypocrisy, Gerard Noonan, 3 October 2002
• America boosts naval force in the Pacific, ABC, 2 October 2002
• Israel 'disturbed' by Blair speech, BBC 2 October 2002
• Prejudicial conduct - International court falls victim to politics, Guardian Leader, 2 October 2002
• House agrees resolution over Iraq, Guardian staff and agencies, 2 October 2002
• Clinton urges 'UN route' for tackling Iraq, John Deane, 2 October 2002
• Bush warns Iraq of 'unavoidable' force: US president wins House support, deal said near with Senate, 2 October 2002
• Britain to push for 'final' Middle East talks this year, Nicholas Watt, 2 October 2002
• Arabs and Muslims to be fingerprinted at US airports, Suzanne Goldenberg, 2 October 2002
• Papuan separatists welcome Vanuatu's support, Radio Australia, 1 October 2002
• UN inspectors say progress is made in talks with Iraq, David Usborne, John Lichfield and Kim Sengupta, 1 October 2002
• Tens of Thousands of Marchers Gather Against Privatization in South Africa, AFP, 1 October 2002
• Roll call of 322 children killed in the intifada: in the bloody violence of the Israeli-Palestinian war, the most tragic victims are the very young, now considered 'fair game', Robert Fisk, 1 October 2002
• Guilt versus Responsibility, Sean Gonsalves, 1 October 2002
• Britain accused of sacrificing new court, Ian Black, 1 October 2002
• Activists Decry Police Intimidation in Anti-Globalization Protests, AFP, 1 October 2002

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