Overseas, December 2002

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• The 'secret' war has seen a 300 per cent increase in bombing raids on Iraq, John Pilger, 20 December 2002
• US Cluster Bombs Killed Civilians in Afghanistan - New Report Illustrates Dangers for Iraq, Human Rights Watch, 18 December 2002
• Iraq deployment under way as MoD charters troop ships for Gulf, Richard Norton-Taylor and Ewen MacAskill, 18 December 2002
• Saddam lied about weapons says Straw, Guardian, 18 December 2002
• Leaked report says German and US firms supplied arms to Saddam -Baghdad's uncensored report to UN names Western companies alleged to have developed its weapons of mass destruction, Tony Paterson, 18 December 2002
• UK task force to head for Iraq in four weeks, Kim Sengupta, 18 December 2002
• CND loses legal fight againt Iraq war, Guardian, 17 December 2002
• Mystery surrounds secret 1991 vaccines, David Pallister, 16 December 2002
• President Assad receives a warm welcome into Blair's mutual admiration club, Robert Fisk, 16 December 2002
• All reason is about to be gassed, poxed and nuked - this week the countdown to war on Iraq may begin in earnest, Simon Tisdall, 16 December 2002
• Planning for life after Saddam: 50 opposition groups - and the US, Michael Howard, 16 December 2002
• British troops bound for Iraq conflict to be given suspect Gulf war syndrome drugs - staffing crisis at defence medical agency adds to fears for health of soldiers, David Pallister, 16 December 2002
• Don't Let Bush Light Iraq Fire, Linda McQuaig, 15 December 2002
• Hi-tech arms 'would finish war in a week', Andrew Buncombe, 15 December 2002
• 'We're not human shields, but we'll stay through the bombing', Kim Sengupta, 15 December 2002
• Small elite force likely for Iraq, Kamal Ahmed, 15 December 2002
• US cash squads 'buy' Iraqi tribes - secret operation aims to make sheikhs rise against Saddam, Jason Burke, 15 December 2002
• Arms inspectors step up search, Jo Dillon, 15 December 2002
• If there is to be a war, the world needs to know why, Independent, 15 December 2002
• Saudis gear up for oil price war, Leo Lewis in London and Andrew Gumbel, 15 December 2002
• Acrimony clouds meeting of Iraqi opposition groups, Ewen MacAskill, 14 December 2002
• Storm warning as anti-Saddam exiles meet in London, Patrick Cockburn, 14 December 2002
• Making the Connections, Adrienne Rich, 13 December 2002
• Source: List Includes U.S. Firms That Aided Iraqis, Mohamad Bazzi, 13 December 2002
• Powell unveils plan to reform 'autocratic' Middle East, Rupert Cornwell, 13 December 2002
• Did Saddam's army test poison gas on missing 5,000? Robert Fisk, 13 December 2002
• Weapons Inspectors Find Weapons of Mass Destruction 20 miles from Cambridge, CamSAW, 12 December 2002
• America's Bid for Global Dominance, John Pilger, 12 December 2002
• US Anti-War Protests Spread - marchers hit streets of Houston, other cities; over 140 arrested, Cynthia Lee, 11 December 2002
• US Set to Use Mines in Iraq, Tom Squitieri, 11 December 2002
• Going Backwards - Preemptive Strikes Part Of U.S. Strategic Doctrine 'All Options' Open for Countering Unconventional Arms, Mike Allen and Barton Gellman, 11 December 2002
• Stars oppose war with Iraq -100 Hollywood stars cast themselves as patriots in opposing strike against Saddam Hussein, Suzanne Goldenberg, 11 December 2002
• Document names western arms suppliers, Julian Borger, 11 December 2002
• Bush approves $92m to train Iraqi militia to take on Saddam, Ewen MacAskill and Ian Traynor, 11 December 2002
• Schroder faces new Iraq row with US - Greens in coalition question use of German airspace and bases, John Hooper, 11 December 2002
• Who will blink first? America's reasons for and against an early attack on Iraq grow ever more complex, Julian Borger, 11 December 2002
• Carter warns against military 'catastrophe' as stars call for peace, Andrew Buncombe, 11 December 2002
• Iraq claims US used 'blackmail' to get uncut dossier shows lust for war, Andrew Buncombe and David Usborne, 11 December 2002
• What if the Hunt for 'Evildoers' Aimed at Us? Robert Scheer, 10 December 2002
• US wins battle to see Iraq's unedited weapons report, Kim Sengupta, 10 December 2002
• Not such a super power after all - a new US poll shows that the world is falling out of love with America, Peter Preston, 9 December 2002
• Is Bush Deaf to Church Doubts on Iraq War? Jim Wallis, 9 December 2002
• Iraq challenges US: Prove we still have weapons of mass destruction, Kim Sengupta, 9 December 2002
• Saddam risks war over arms dossier - Bush and Blair are sceptical of Iraqi weapons claim as US hunts for arms breach, Rory McCarthy, Peter Beaumont in London and Ed Vulliamy, 8 December 20
• Glenda Jackson: 'You need a reason for killing people', The IoS interview, Jo Dillon, 8 December 2002
• 'There are times when a nation has to go to war. This is not the time' - Chief weapons inspector seeks to deny Bush chance of using Iraqi report as excuse for war, David Usborne, 8 December 2002
• UN chief: We can get to the truth, Kim Sengupta, 8 December 2002
• The most dangerous dossier is the one marked 'War', Independent, 8 December 2002
• Conciliatory Saddam says let inspectors do their work, Kim Sengupta, 6 December 2002
• Media Spin Can Separate War From Death, Norman Solomon, 5 December 2002
• We are being set up for a war against Saddam - the inspections are going unhindered. And what does Bush tell us? 'The signs are not encouraging', Robert Fisk, 4 December 2002
• If Saddam is such a monster, why did we arm him and trade with him? Independent Leading Article, 3 December 2002
• UN inspectors go into Saddam's presidential palace, AP, 3 December 2002
• Lies, damned lies and terror warnings, John Pilger, 3 December 2002
• Allied aircraft 'kill four in missile attack on Iraq', Kim Sengupta, 2 December 2002
• US sets up Iraq battle HQ in Gulf, Ed Vulliamy, 1 December 2002

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