Archived Action Alerts / Updates
November 2002

Dates of events appear in red type, the date on which the alert was issued appears in brackets.
All articles and alerts that are listed by subject order are in the topic index page.

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• The Space Industry: Supporting US Supremacy, Loring Wirbel, November 2002
• Drop the rhetoric of war - we need cool heads and hard police work, Independent Leading Article, 29 November 2002
• Elusive Bin Laden still has the global reach to strike terror at will - 'Do not believe for a moment that al-Qa'ida strategists haven't looked at targets in Britain', Robert Fisk, 29 November 2002
• Israel vows to avenge horror at the Hotel Paradise, Beauregard Tromp and Terry Kirby, 29 November 2002
• East Timor militia leader is jailed for war crimes, Kathy Marks, 28 November 2002
• The BBC is the standard-bearer of liberal journalism with it's emphasis on "impartiality"; but has impartiality become a "principle" that can be suspended whenever the established authority is threatened? John Pilger, 28 November 2002
• NZ plays key role in Iraq mission, Ainsley Thomson, 27 November 2002
• US plea for British base to bomb Iraq - government faces backbench rebellion over war plans, Kamal Ahmed, 24 November 2002
• Sharon orders an 'intense response' to bus bombing - atrocity shatters any remaining hope of Labour leader persuading voters to give peace one more chance, Eric Silver, 22 November 2002
• NZ to answer Bush's call, Tracy Watkins, 22 November 2002
• War, whatever - Bush aide: Inspections or not, we'll attack Iraq, Paul Gilfeather, 22 November 2002
• Canadians to lead weapons inspection team into USA, Rooting Out Evil, 21 November 2002
• Western planes strike Iraqi targets, INL, 21 November 2002
• A war that can't be won - the west isn't just losing the fight against terrorism, it is fuelling it across the globe, Seumas Milne, 21 November 2002
• Critical resistance, Camille T. Taiara, 20 November 2002
• Letter to Phil Goff, Centre for Peace Studies and others, 20 November 2002
• Anti-War Group Plans Legal Action to Stop Iraq War Without UN Approval, Jerusalem Post, 20 November 2002
• George Bush: I do not need to explain why I say things, Interview extract, 20 November 2002
• Annan: Iraq firing at US aircraft will be tolerated, David Usborne, 20 November 2002
• Blair bows to pressure and grants MPs vote on Iraq, Andrew Grice, 20 November 2002
• Iraqis 'staggered' by exhaustive list of demands from UN inspectors - mattress and slipper factories among sites Blix weapons team insists on examining, Kim Sengupta, 20 November 2002
• London meeting for Iraqi opposition, Michael Howard, 20 November 2002
• Annan clashes with US over no-fly violations, Ewen MacAskill and Lucy Ward, 20 November 2002
• Attack on Baghdad without new UN resolution illegal says QC, Richard Norton-Taylor, 20 November 2002
• Let's Join, Not Fight, the Global Coalition Against War in Iraq, Jeremy Brecher, 19 November 2002
• Broad US Wiretap Powers Upheld - Secret Court Lifts Bar on Terror Suspect Surveillance, Dan Eggen, 19 november 2002
• As arms inspectors arrive, row erupts over US smears - team leader says attacks by hawks 'unhelpful', Helena Smith in Larnaca and Ewen MacAskill, 19 November 2002
• Israeli army desertions rise, Conal Urquhart, 19 November 2002
• US planes strike Iraqi air defense sites, AFP, 19 November 2002
• World's Policeman or Bully? Robert Jensen, 18 November 2002
• ''Lies my invader told me'', Paul Harris, 18 November 2002
• Sharon threatens to expand Hebron enclave - Palestinians may be expelled from West Bank flashpoint in plan to link settlements, Conal Urquhart, 18 November 2002
• The US will be legislator, judge and executioner - the hawks in the White House have plans for Nato, Richard Norton-Taylor, 18 November 2002
• Palestinians face eviction after ambush, Justin Huggler, 18 November 2002
• Baghdad warns that a US strike will lead it to hit back at Israel, Paul Waugh, 18 November 2002
• Iraq's moment of truth as the weapons hunt gets under way - mission an 'opportunity to avoid war'; US demands intrusive inspection, Andrew Gumbel, 18 November 2002
• Why Another War? A backgrounder on the Iraq Crisis, Middle East Research and Information Project, November 2002
• Iraq Inspection countdown, Observer, 17 November 2002
• 'Green pope' warns of worldwide catastrophe over new Gulf War, Geoffrey Lean, 17 November 2002
• Blix admits risk of spies in team, Andrew Buncombe, 17 November 2002
• Pentagon creates a Big Brother so Uncle Sam can keep his eye on us, Lawrence Donegan, 17 November 2002
• US Paid Off Afghan Warlords, AP, 16 November 2002
• Kibbutz unshaken in pursuit of utopia - murders only increase community's belief in coexistence with Arabs, Chris McGreal, 16 November 2002
• Ex-US President Jimmy Carter Slams 'Arrogant' US Foreign Policy, AFP, 16 November 2002
• US general plans 'star wars' visit, Richard Norton-Taylor, 16 November 2002
• Catholic bishops add voice to anti-war protests, Stephen Bates, 16 November 2002
• Ex-Taliban says he was tortured in Cuba prison, Reuters, 16 November 2002
• Did the UN Security Council Violate Its Own Rules in Passing the Iraq Resolution? George P. Fletcher, 16 November 2002
• WTO in Sydney, Indymedia coverage, 14 - 16 November 2002
• US ponders resumption of nuke-weapons test, Dan Strober and Jonathan S. Landay, 15 November 2002
• Phase Two of Bush's War Plan Rumbles Ahead as World Leaders Ignore Anti-War Outcry, Mark Weisbrot, 15 November 2002
• A Bloody Business Beneath The Morning Star - Violence in West Papua and the role of Indonesia's military, Denise Leith and John Wing, 15 November 2002
• 1117 arrests at Belgian NATO base, For Mother Earth, 15 November 2002
• Bin Laden is alive - there can be no doubt about it. But the questions remain: where on earth is he, and why has he resurfaced now? Robert Fisk, 14 November 2002
• Afghan police shoot student protesters, Peter Symonds, 14 November 2002
• Using war criminals to fight terrorism replaces one poison with another, James Dunn, 14 November 2002
• Axis of Oil and Iraq, Maria Elena Martinez and Joshua Karliner, 13 November 2002
• Scott Ritter: A Call to Arms By an Enemy of War Against Iraq, Courtland Milloy, 13 November 2002
• Bishops Turn to Writing Antiwar Policy, Laurie Goodstein, 13 November 2002
• The timeframe for the UN security council resolution on Iraq, Guardian, 13 November 2002
• Parents mourn after Middle East bloodshed, Justin Huggler, 13 November 2002
• Netanyahu pledges to expel Arafat if elected, Justin Huggler, 13 November 2002
• Iraq agrees unconditionally to UN weapons inspection, AP, 13 November 2002
Saddam's merry dance cannot hide the sad inevitability of events, Robert Fisk, 13 November 2002
• 'Collateral Damage: The Health and Environmental Costs of War on Iraq', MAPW/IPPNW, 13 November 2002
• Bombing Dual-Use Targets? Sean Gonsalves, 12 November 2002
• Campaign to demand immediate release of Joy Lee Sadler (US nurse) and Lesley McCulloch (British academic) jailed in Indonesia, Indonesia Human Rights Network, November 2002
• Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of State Security
• Frigate joins anti-terror force in Gulf, John Armstrong, 12 November 2002
• UNEP identifies DU Risks in Bosnia-Herzegovina, UNEP, 11 November 2002
• Trading With The Enemy: Corporations Say They Will Continue To Do Business With Iraq, Jeremy Scahill, 11 November 2002
• Shooting of four 'martyrs' sparks anger in Jordan, Robert Fisk, 11 November 2002
• Alert! NZ armed forces deployed to Gulf, 11 November 2002
• US trains local force to join Iraq invasion, Raymond Whitaker and Andrew Buncombe, 10 November 2002
• US lays out plans to invade Iraq with 200,000 troops, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy, 10 November 2002
• Florence engulfed by world's biggest protest against Iraq war, Peter Popham, 10 November 2002
• Ceasefire hopes dashed as Israel kills militant, Justin Huggler, 10 November 2002
• British army braced for massacre of civilians in terror attack, Martin Bright and Paul Harris, 10 November 2002
• Activists Vow Europe-Wide Protests Against Iraq War, Luke Baker, 10 November 2002
• Pressure on Japan to get missile shield, Shane Green, 9 November 2002
• Waverer voted yes 'to stop use of force and US right to go to war', Robert Fisk, 9 November 2002
• The key points of UN Resolution 1441 - 'Iraq shall provide UN inspectors with immediate, unimpeded access', 09 November 2002
• The face of power, the raw, real power of Bush's America, Rupert Cornwell, 9 November 2002
• Photos of Hooded Terror Prisoners Rekindle Debate, Stephanie Nolen, 9 November 2002
• Photos from Massive Peace Demonstration in Florence, 9 November 2002
• George Bush crosses Rubicon - but what lies beyond? Robert Fisk, 9 November 2002
• Diplomacy and dollars secure rare unanimity at the UN, David Usborne, 9 November 2002
• Weapons Inspection at Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment, Berkshire Citizens Inspection Agency, 8 November 2002
• 'Committee for the Liberation of Iraq' Sets Up Shop, Jim Lobe, 8 November 2002
• Afghan War Faltering Military Leader Says - Myers Cites Al Qaeda's Ability to Adapt, Thomas E. Ricks and Vernon Loeb, 8 November 2002
• Urgent Request To Blue Fairy: Turn These Children into Stone, Zeynep Toufe, 8 November 2002
• War on Peace: Now is No Time for Complacency, Heather Wokusch, 8 November 2002
• New Group to Peddle War, Kevin Martin and Simon van Ste˙n, 8 November 2002
• Legal analysis of the US-UK draft Security Council Resolution, Dr Glen Rangwala, 8 November 2002
• Bush fights for another clean shot in his war, Robert Fisk, 8 November 2002
• Forced Vaccines Haunt Gulf Vets, Elliot Borin, 7 November 2002
• Netanyahu returns to office with swipe at US peace plan, Justin Huggler, 7 November 2002
• Long Day's Journey After Election Night, Norman Solomon, 7 November 2002
• Journalist Helen Thomas condemns Bush administration, Sarah H. Wright, 6 November 2002
• America has always been at war, Ash Pulcifer, 6 November 2002
• Why the November 5 election is NOT a mandate for war, ANSWER, 6 November 2002
• US secures deal on new Iraq weapons resolution, Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman, 6 November 2002
• Text of the US Resolution on Iraq, 6 November 2002
• Sharon calls election after failing to find new coalition, Eric Silver, 6 November 2002
• It is wrong to be judge, jury and executioner, Adrian Hamilton, 6 November 2002
• Howard's racist ASIO raids - who's next? Sarah Stephen, 6 November 2002
• Election 2002 Fallout - Europeans Fret, Fearing a Bolder Bush, Adam Tanner, 6 November 2002
• Drones of death - Bush takes the law into his own hands, Guardian, 6 November 2002
• Appeal court blow for British Taliban suspect, Guardian, 6 November 2002
• Why Blair is an appeaser - Britain plays poodle partly because the US is stitching up the world's oil supplies, George Monbiot, 5 November 2002
• Nuns face thirty years for Disarming a US Nuclear Weapon, Jackie Hudson, Carol Gilbert and Ardeth Platte, 5 November 2002
• HRW Reports Rights Abuses by Afghan Governor Ismail Khan, Reuters, 5 November 2002
• Why Our Friends Are Turning Against Us On Iraq, Steve Chapman, 5 November 2002
• Turkey's voters have delivered the 'wrong' result, Robert Fisk, 5 November 2002
• The Purpose of the War, James Carroll, 5 November 2002
• Support for attack on Iraq falls to new low, Alan Travis and Suzanne Goldenberg, 5 November 2002
• Straw rejects Israeli call for attack on Iran, Sarah Left, 5 November 2002
• Questions About Weapons Inspections, Sean Gonsalves, 5 November 2002
• Muslims in Australia face Bali backlash, Kathy Marks, 5 November 2002
• Attack Iran the Day Iraq War Ends Demands Israel, Stephen Farrell, Robert Thomson and Danielle Haas, 5 November 2002
• The Incarceration Epidemic: Homegrown Insecurity a Pressing Fact, Salim Muwakkil, 4 November 2002
• Amnesty calls for arrest of Israelis for war crimes, Chris McGreal, 4 November 2002
• The new protest movement - something is stirring among the people, energy and organisation are far in advance of the 1960s: this may well be bigger than the anti-Vietnam war protests, John Pilger, 4 November 2002
• ASIO puts its foot in it again, Terry Lane, 3 November 2002
• The National Insecurity State, Ira Chernus, 3 November 2002
• Should We Go to War Just Because We Can? Andrew Cockburn, 3 November 2002
• A Nuclear Double Standard, Elaine Scarry, 3 November 2002
• UN inspectors wait in vain for ticket to Iraq, David Usborne, 3 November 2002
• Saudi: Kingdom Off-Limits Versus Iraq, AP, 3 November 2002
• Moving in for the kill - the Allies' war machine is pushing inexorably towards Iraq while Blair manoeuvres to keep Labour MPs onside, Peter Beaumont and Gaby Hinsliff, 3 November 2002
• Distant voices tell of life for Britons caged in Camp Delta - letters to families reveal hunger strikes and suicides in US jail for terror suspects, Paul Harris and Burhan Wazir, 3 November 2002
• Interview with John Pilger, David Barsamian, 2 November 2002
• Kopassus accused of Freeport ambush, Hamish McDonald, 2 November 2002
• US Christian Leaders Rally as Peacemakers, Sharon Tubbs, 2 November 2002
• Americans in Iraq Protest US Invasion Plan, E.A. Torriero, 2 November 2002
• NZ lists Jemaah Islamiyah as terrorist group, Helen Clark, 1 November 2002
• US admits Iraqi arms inspections could take months, Rupert Cornwell, 1 November 2002
• UK company backs Iraq at Baghdad fair, Rory McCarthy, 1 November 2002
• Thousands Protest Free Trade Talks in Ecuador, Edison Lopez, 1 November 2002
• The Wild, Wild Bush Boyz, Derrick Z. Jackson, 1 November 2002
• Rumsfeld Commits to 100,000 Troops, Jonathan S. Landay, 1 November 2002
• PM sounds terror alert - Kiwis with even distant links to newly designated terrorist group Jammah Islamiah may get a visit from the police Prime Minister Helen Clark says, Colin Espiner, 1 November 2002
• It's a New Day, and Brazil Wants a New Deal, Mark Weisbrot, 1 November 2002
• 'Dangerous Islamist fugitive' who is only a phone call away, Robert Fisk, 1 November 2002

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