Almost bankrupt and its land turned into a moonscape by a century of abusive mining, tiny South Pacific island of Nauru looks towards dubious money-making schemes -- and covert U.S. operations

U.S. Tricked, Lied To Us, Says Impoverished Nation
No quid pro quo for spy station to be built on near-bankrupt Nauru

Quick End To Sanctions On Iraq Worth Billion$ To Bush
Would give U.S. oil companies control over Iraq oil

UN Condemns "Incredible" Civilian Deaths In Iraq
Most killed by U.S. bombs and rockets

U.S. Controls Only A Square Mile Of Baghdad Looters now turning to private homes

Bush Under Pressure To Prove Existence Of Iraqi WMD Suspicion also grows because UN weapons inspectors kept out

U.S. Rushes To Install Puppet Iraqi Government
U.S. favored "Iraqi National Congress" has little to do with Iraq

Hans Blix: U.S. Wanted UN Inspection Team To Spy On Iraq
U.S. intelligence services also faked WMD "evidence"

Bush Planning To Appoint Arms Merchant As Viceroy Of Baghdad
Retired Army General was key player in Israeli weapon deployment

New Iraq Leadership Picked By U.S. A Motley Crew
Some want to bring back the old monarchy

Arab World Abuzz With Rumors Of Bush - Saddam Deal On War Conspiracy theorists believe deal was struck to save Saddam

Saudis May Have Brokered Deal For Quick Iraqi Surrender
Speedy fall of Baghdad has Arab media buzzing with rumors

Brutal Murder Of Cleric Shows Iraq Ethnic Tensions High More religious violence predicted in wake of Saddam overthrow

No Cheering Over Liberation At Baghdad Hospitals
Doctors performing operations without full anaesthesia

Iraq After Saddam: Carpetbaggers Everywhere Religious rivals, ex-pats, locals all jockey for political power

Fall Of Saddam Deepens Russia-U.S. Rift
Forced to deny rumors that Baghdad embassy was hiding Saddam

Anarchy Keeps Aid Workers From Entering Iraq
Food, water, medical system collapses

In Iraq, Tribal Fights Begin Exiled for 20 years, Kurds want their homes back

Media Groups Condemn U.S. Killing Of Reporters In Iraq
Questions about non "embedded" journalists killed by U.S. military fire

Investigation Of Possible U.S. War Crimes In Iraq Begins Gathering data to present to International Criminal Court

U.S. Wins Grudging Iraq War Support From Turkey But no agreement on status of Kurds in N Iraq

Fragile Money Markets Watch Iraq War With Unease Entire global economy is in flux

BUT PLEASE CLEAN UP THE MESS WE'VE CREATED BUSH TO UN: IRAQ BELONGS TO US

The Pentagon will be calling the shots in Iraq, even in defiance of other bureaucracies that in contrast to the Defense Department, have real experts on Iraqi politics, history, and culture who could prove helpful in carrying out an occupation. "You can call this another aspect of Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's pre-emption strategy," said one administration official. "You can call this a coup d'etat." But right-wing hawks in the Bush administration, led by Cheney and Rumsfeld, want the United Nations to provide the clean-up crew to tidy up the war-devastated country, feed the hungry, and care for the wounded and the dying Bush Set To Snub UN For Role In Postwar Iraq Bush To Blair: No Lead Role For UN In Iraq Iraq "Liberation" Looks More Like "Coup d'Etat"

Will UN Become Another League Of Nations?
Unsettling comparisons between Iraq and events of 1936

U.S. - Europe Split Is Forever, Expert Says
Dispute over Iraq war just one example of EU-American differences

Iraq For Sale Taxpayers may pay Bush cronies up to $100 billion to rebuild Iraq

Bush Hawks Move Crosshairs To Syria Exact same neo-con crowd that fomented attack on Iraq

Arabs See "Occupation," Not "Liberation" Of Iraq Comparisons made to Soviet effort to colonize Afghanistan

Arab Youth Head Towards Iraq To Be "Freedom Martyrs" Iraq invasion spurs feelings of Arab nationalism

Bush "Short War" May Span Generations
Religious issues make this anything but a conventional war

International Court May Try U.S. For War Crimes
UN says it doesn't matter if Bush shuns court authority

NATION RADICALIZED BY ATTACK ON IRAQ IRAN EXPECTING WAR WITH WEST

In a complete turnaround from the war with Iraq in the eighties, the Iranian government is fully backing the Saddam Hussein government against the U.S. and British forces. The state-run media calls this a "war of hegemony" or a "war for oil." Invasion plans for both Syria and Iran have been created by the Pentagon, but they have not yet been presented to the National Security Council or the president Given Washington's warnings to Iran over the last few days, some predictions are being made in Teheran that the U.S. will attack Iran in October Iran Divided Over What To Do With U.S.-Led Iraq Iran Business Sees Money In Rebuilding Iraq White House Factions Debate Iran Invasion Iranian Special Forces Poised Near Iraq Border Iran Moderates Turning Into Hardliners Shi'ite Muslims Are Wild Card In Iraq Occupation

Threats Against Syria Aimed At Keeping Peace Within Bush Admin
Keeping Rumsfeld faction from renewed feuding with Powell

Bush Admin Rewriting Rules On Death Penalty
U.S. attorneys overruled at least 28 times to impose death sentence

Ashcroft's Problem With Ethics
"Innocent until proven guilty" not in his vocabulary

No Matter How The War Goes, Rumsfeld May Be Out
Arrogant to ignore the long knives of the military brass

Bye-Bye, 40 Hour Week
Is There Anybody Here With a Lick of Sense?
The Crook, The Zionist, And The Old Spy
Plenty Of Other News Not Being Covered