Overseas, August 2002

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• France and Russia stand firm in demanding the UN route, Anne Penketh, 31 August 2002
• Arab states point to Israel as main source of regional instability, Anne Penketh, 31 August 2002
• Israel sees opportunity in possible US strike on Iraq, Ben Lynfield, 30 August 2002
• Patriotism and Dissent, Marty Jezer, 30 August 2002
• Iraq Debate in Mainstream is Ultra-Hawks vs Moderate-Hawks, Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan, 30 August 2002
• Blair losing influence on US over Iraq: Downing Street struggling for coherent policy as White House steps up rhetoric, Nicholas Watt, John Aglionby and Richard Norton-Taylor, 30 August 2002
• Reflections on the Wall and Iraq, Bruce Rippe, 28 August 2002
• Cheney Speech Seen Setting Path to War, John Donnelly and Susan Milligan, 28 August 2002
• I'm With Dick! Let's Make War! Maureen Dowd, 28 August 2002
• Blair faces defeat on Iraq: Poll shows big drop in Labour support for attack, Alan Travis and Nicholas Watt, 28 August 2002
• Time to be counted: Britain must reject Cheney's Iraq strategy, Guardian Leader, 28 August 2002
• America confident of backing for war on Iraq, Faisal al Yafai, 28 August 2002
• Egypt Leads Arab Revolt Against US, Richard Beeston, Tim Reid and Philip Webster, 28 August 2002
• Inarticulate, And Proud of It, James Carroll, 27 August 2002
• A War Based on Lies: the Blair government continues to insist that Iraq poses a threat to the Middle East, despite clear evidence to the contrary, John Pilger, 27 August 2002
• Forget War, Try a New Marshall Plan, Molly Ivins, 26 August 2002
• Bush Aides Say Iraq War Needs No Hill Vote, Mike Allen and Juliet Eilperin, 26 August 2002
• Iraq says eight killed in bombing raid, INL, 26 August 2002
• A war only the White House wants, Eric Margolis, 25 August 2002
• US envoy tries to cool tension over Kashmir: Critics say Bush's obsession with Iraq has put other pressing crises such as the Arab-Israeli conflict on the back burner, Rupert Cornwell and Raymond Whitaker, 25 August 2002
• Hawks in the dovecote: Henry Kissinger opposes an Iraqi war, so do the Saudis, and the Turks. With friends like these... Christopher Hitchens, 25 August 2002
• Few Countries Support US Attack on Iraq, Beth Gardiner, 23 August 2002
• Public Support Slips for Ousting Saddam, Richard Benedetto, 23 August 2002
• Police Use Pepper Spray on Protesters at Demonstration Against Bush in Portland Oregon, William McCall, 23 August 2002
• Iraq accused of hiding truth about missing US pilot, David Usborne, 23 August 2002
• Blair faces conference attack over Iraq war, Andrew Grice, Nigel Morris and Barrie Clement, 23 August 2002
• Listening Could Relieve Strife That Leads to War, Paul Hawken, 22 August 2002
• 'Wag the Puppy' - New Twist in Media War, Norman Solomon, 22 August 2002
• The cost of Bush's war: Tony Blair must choose whether to represent his own people - or a US Republican clique, Seumas Milne, 22 August 2002
• Straw: Iraq strike remains an option, Guardian, 22 August 2002
• Bush stonewalls on Iraq 'frenzy', Matthew Engel and Martin Woollacott, 22 August 2002
• Biological Warfare in Iraq, Ramzi Kysia, 21 August 2002
• Rumsfeld steps up Iraq war talk: US 'cannot wait for arms proof' like appeasers of Hitler did, Julian Borger in Washington and Richard Norton-Taylor, 21 August 2002
• US abandons plan for strike on Kurdish rebels in Iraq, Andrew Buncombe, 21 August 2002
• US 'takes for granted' Blair's support for action against Iraq, Andrew Grice, 21 August 2002
• Don't trust Bush or Blair on Iraq: the Scott inquiry revealed the cynicism of politicians' approach, Richard Norton-Taylor, 21 August 2002
• Dollar falls as Saudi investors 'withdraw billions', Mark Tran, 21 August 2002
• US slashes Iraqi oil imports, Mark Tran, 20 August 2002
• Simplistic Hunt for Evil in a Complex World, Robert Scheer, 20 August 2002
• Seven Fallacies of US Plans to Invade Iraq, Stephen Zunes, 20 August 2002
• Pentagon weapons deployment in Gulf steps up pressure on Saddam, Rupert Cornwell, 20 August 2002
• Corporate Interest in Iraqi Oil, Sean Gonsalves, 20 August 2002
• Remember the deaths and casualties when debating Iraq, MAPW (Australia), 20 August 2002
• US helped as Saddam plotted chemical attacks, report says, David Teather, 19 August 2002
• The Case Against War on Iraq, Howard Zinn, 19 August 2002
• Peace Groups Urge Caution, Senate Inquiry On Iraq, Australian Peace Groups, 19 August 2002
• 'US gave Iraq intelligence aid', David Usborne, 19 August 2002
• Back us against Saddam or else, US tells Arab states, Alan Philps, 18 August 2002
• Blair to use summit to lobby for war on Iraq, Jo Dillon, 18 August 2002
• Bush under attack as UK rebuffs Iraq, Gaby Hinsliff and Ed Vulliamy, 18 August 2002
• Egypt will not let US warships pass through Suez Canal, Qatar News Agency (QNA), 17 August 2002
• Australian PM polls apart from public over Iraqi strike, Michael Millett and Craig Skehan, 17 August 2002.
• Afghanistan: Instability Remains as US Eyes Attack on Iraq, Mushahid Hussain, 17 August 2002
• Bush Worries Allies and Mideast with his Zeal for Iraq War, Barrie McKenna, 17 August 2002
• Be very afraid - Bush Productions is preparing to go into action, Robert Fisk, 17 August 2002
• Israel puts pressure on US to strike Iraq, Jonathan Steele, 17 August 2002
• The Powell Doctrine: Baghdad/Jenin/My Lai, Heather Wokusch, 16 August 2002
• Iraq says Britons must observe arms inspections, Kim Sengupta and David Usborne, 16 August 2002
• US adviser warns of Armageddon, Julian Borger and Richard Norton-Taylor, 16 August 2002
• Cabinet rift over plans to attack Iraq: Robin Cook will tackle Prim Minister over plans to topple Saddam Hussein, Philip Webster, 16 August 2002
• Blair refuses ministers cabinet debate on Iraq: requests for discussion of potential attack refused, Michael White, 16 August 2002
• US forces form quiet noose round Iraq: thePentagon has moved 50,000 soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines within striking distance of Iraq in the past 10 months, Ian Bruce, 16 August 2002
• Bush May Get UN Support for His War, Dan Plesch, 15 August 2002
• The War on Iraq - It's Happening Now! Fran Shor, 15 August 2002
• A US Attack on Iraq Unlawful Warn Mideast Experts, Thalif Deen, 14 August 2002
• Bush forced to play down talk of war, David Usborne, 11 August 2002
• West's Greed for Oil Fuels Saddam Fever, Anthony Sampson, 11 August 2002
• Why Canada Must Reject War on Iraq, Linda McQuaig, 11 August 2002
• Bush rhetoric is scaring Europe, says Mandelson - close Downing Street ally voices fears that President Bush is alienating public opinion, Gaby Hinsliff and Jason Burke, 11 August 2002
• Doves launch last-ditch campaign for Gulf peace, Jason Burke, Gaby Hinsliff and Ed Vulliamy, 11 August 2002
• Kurdish guerrillas poised to fire first shots in war on Iraq: enemies of Saddam who seek to crush Islamist militants with suspected links to al-Qaeda, Tim Judah, 11 August 2002
• Iraq attack unjustified says Bush ally, David Usborne, 10 August 2002
• Immoral and illogical: no convincing case has been made for the slaughter that would follow an attack on Iraq, Rev Colin Bennetts (Bishop of Coventry), 9 August 2002
• Ministers attack US war chaos: 'Unpopular Bush' poll puts pressure on Blair, Patrick Wintour and Michael White, 8 August 2002
• Church leaders petition No 10: new archbishop among 3,000 signatories deploring use of war as instrument of foreign policy, Richard Norton-Taylor, 7 August 2002
• Pentagon rejects think-tank's recommendation to attack Saudi Arabia, Andrew Buncombe, 7 August 2002
• Iraq Conflict Could Soon Go Nuclear, Roland Watson, 7 August 2002
• Green Party Calls Senate Hearings On Iraq A 'Sham': Greens demand that critics of Bush's intended invasion be included in hearings, especially UN weapons inspectors, US Green Party, 7 August 2002
• Facts Are the Best Cure for This Outbreak of War Fever: supporters of an Attack on Iraq are Struggling to Find Credible Reasons, Simon Tisdall, 7 August 2002
• Detailed war plan handed to Bush: UN critic says attack decision has been made, Duncan Campbell, 7 August 2002
• Allies move towards air assault as disquiet over Iraq grows, Kim Sengupta, 7 August 2002
• Major Report Examines Iraq Sanctions on 12th Anniversary, Various NGOs, 6 August 2002
• Weighing a Just War, or Settling an Old Score? Bush's case against Iraq is weak, an attack would be wagging the dog, Robert Scheer, 6 August 2002
• UN Chief Warns Against Iraq War, David Usborne and Nigel Morris, 6 August 2002
• Senate Didn't Hear From Iraq Experts, Sean Gonslaves, 6 August 2002
• German leader says no to Iraq war, John Hooper, 6 August 2002
• Iraq and the New Great Game, Rahul Mahajan, 5 August 2002
• Going AWOL from Military Encroachment, Heather Wokusch, 4 August 2002
• This war would not be a just war: the use of force to remove Saddam Hussein is not a moral option, Richard Harries, Bishop of Oxford, 4 August 2002
• Colin Powell joins call for 'regime change', Andrew Gumbel, 4 August 2002
• Church leaders warn Blair on Iraq, Severin Carrell and Jo Dillon, 4 August 2002
• Bush ready to declare war: pplit opens between Britain and US as White House targets dictator, Peter Beaumont, Gaby Hinsliff and Paul Beaver, 4 August 2002
• Amid the clouds of deception, US speeds along road to war, Peter Beaumont, 4 August 2002
• US Stockpiles Oil to Avoid Price Shock, Julian Borger, 3 August 2002
• US Scoffs at Iraqi Arms Invitation, Randall Mikkelsen, 3 August 2002
• Backing Bush All the Way, Up to but Not Into Iraq, Neil A. Lewis, 3 August 2002
• Abdullah, the king on a mission to prevent war, Robert Fisk in Beirut, 3 August 2002
• Testimony Prepared for Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearings on Iraq Policy, Phyllis Bennis, 2 August 2002
• War and Forgetfulness - A Bloody Media Game, Norman Solomon, 1 August 2002
• British army's equipment exposed as unfit to fight desert war: National Audit Office reveals tanks, helicopters and rifles failed in Oman, while Europe is warned to increase military spending, Kim Sengupta, 1 August 2002
• America Sleepwalks to War With Iraq, Gwynne Dyer, 1 August 2002

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