How hard is it to hide a 6-foot, 4-inch diabetic Arab with a $25 million bounty on his head? Pretty easy, it turns out -- if you know the right people

U.S. Moves To Block Emergency UN War Session Threatens diplomats not to vote for General Assembly session on Iraq

A Week Into War, Bush Backpedals
Promises of a short, quick victory vanish in the sandstorms of Iraq

Iraqi Public Neglects To Cheer U.S. Invasion First week finds troops treated like invaders, not liberators

We "Miscalculated Badly" -- U.K. Defense Analyst Why would Iraqis welcome the Brits, who they forced out in 1958?

Saddam Turns To Mosques To Rally Support
As bombs fall, Iraqis crowd mosques

Bush Thinktank Grateful That Saddam Not Killed In First Strike Quick assassination could have raised questions about continuing invasion

Arab Nations Fear Iraq Is Only First Step For Bush Invasion 4 out of 5 Arabs also expect terrorism to increase because of war

Kurds In N Iraq Prepare For War With Turkey Turkish troops massed at the border

Turkey Invades Northern Iraq Worst case scenario for White House Iraq war plans

Iraq Reaction To Attack Unknown U.S. not sure what defense awaits

A RISING FEAR

No matter what happens in Iraq, a growing number of Americans have a rising fear that we are on the eve of a catastrophe, similar to the days before WWI or the bombing of Hiroshima The End Of International Law The Lamps Are Going Out A Replay Of History's Worst A View From Ground Zero

Khaled Shaikh Mohammed's Family Ties
MONITOR EXCLUSIVE: The capture of one of the most wanted Al Qaeda fugitives, Khaled Shaikh Mohammed, is undoubtedly a major success, but important details about his life and arrest are being overlooked in news reports in the U.S. and elsewhere in the West

Bush Summit In Azores Was War Declaration on UN
Bush tells UN it's irrelevant unless it agrees with him

Blame Bush, Not UN For War, Diplomats Say
White House claim of UN "failure" disingenuous

The Disgrace And Failure Of George W. Bush He lied, he bribed, he forged and, finally, he tried spying

Expect Long-Haul Stay In Iraq, Say Policy Setters Right-wing thinktank behind Iraq invasion wants no "early fixation on exit strategies"

Iraq War Launches Protests Nationwide
Far less public support than 1991 Gulf War

Brits Shaken By Early Iraq War Losses
U.K. asks why their casualties outnumber U.S. deaths 3 to 1

Mideast War Could Send Environment Up In Smoke
Damage from 1991 Kuwait war still monumental problem

Kuwaiti oil well set on fire by Iraq, 1991

Iraq May Be Poised to Ignite Oil Fields
Fires, oil release into Arabian Sea would be environmental disaster

Postwar Iraq Profiteering Begins
Over $1.5 billion in Iraq contracts offered to private U.S. companies

U.S. Will Reap Oil Windfall After Saddam's Ouster
"Oil has everything to do with it" says industry analyist

"Human Shields" In Baghdad Have Mixed Feelings
Could be liability to Iraq if war starts

After Saddam, Iraq Tribal Wars Expected 150 tribes kept in check by Saddam for thirty years

U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Iraqi President Saddam Hussein shake hands December 20, 1983 in Baghdad, Iraq. Rumsfeld met with Hussein during the war between Iran and Iraq as an envoy for former President Reagan (still from videotape)

UN Food Agency Pleads for Funds to Feed Iraq U.S. has contributed only one-fourth of amount needed

Bush Makes Dangerous Comparison Of Iraq To Nazi Germany Scholar says how the intervention is portrayed is critical

Bush Now Candidate For War Crime Tribunal
When President Bush declared on March 17 that "the United States of America has the sovereign authority to use force in assuring its own national security," it sounded good on the surface. A closer examination suggests otherwise

BAGHDAD DIARIES: PORTRAITS OF WAR

"The skies darkened over Baghdad again Tuesday, but this was not from the oil wells set afire in a ring around the city. Nor was it from the smoke of bombing. At the Al-Saadia food market they were saying it was an act of Allah. 'Allah sent the sand to protect us,' said a butcher at the souk. It was a day of heavy sandstorms over Baghdad. By evening the sand had begun to settle, and it rained a little. This too was seen as intervention from the heavens" "Allah Sent The Sand To Protect Us" "If We Die, We Want To Die Together" War On TV, But Holiday Mood "This Is Only The Beginning"

Richard Perle's Conflicts Of Interest

Bush Admin Draws Heavily From Small Neo-Con Family
Spouses, other family members of favorite think tanks given powerful positions

Richard Perle: Attack Iraq, and show me the damn money

Two Campaigns Aim To Impeach Bush
"I think we need to put the fear of God into Bush Jr."

Tom DeLay's Little Secret
Dodged Viet Nam draft, claimed Army was "full"

As Nation On Brink Of War, Congress Stops To Bash French
Insulting America's oldest ally easier than debating issues

Influence Of Jewish Neo-Cons Provokes Debate
Loud pro-Israel faction dominates influence at White House

Estrada Filibuster Could Backfire On Demos
A crafty little victory for Bush

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Bush Lying And Lack Of Class
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The Long, Shifting Rationale For War