Albion Monitor Issue 62 May 1999
SEARCH Monitor archives for:

BOMBING BREAKS U.S. LAW News and analysis on the crisis you won't find in mainstream media U.S. in Violation of 1973 War Powers Act 60 day limit was set to stop Nixon bombing of Cambodia When Will the Media Call it War? U.S. media promotes White House spin on NATO involvement Milosevic War Crimes Charges Open Pandora's Box NATO leaders also charged for recent targeting of civilians NATO's "Humanitarian" Reasons for War Control of oil, need for excuse to build up militaries Barbara Ehrenreich: "Mission Creep" Towards a Major War

	We've hit this area several times. You can probably tell why. There's a lot of buildings in it. It's one of the major military garrisons for vehicle storage, etc. ... We hit it in four places yesterday. There were four places aimed at. One of the bombs landed long in a field. There was some claim of some collateral there yesterday. We can find no indication whatsoever where any of our bombs landed where they could have been collateral. - Captain Mike Doubleday, Dept. of Defense News Briefing, May 29
	How NATO Has Rewritten the Rules of Combat Our advanced military technology killing 5 times as many civilians as WWII No Excuse for NATO's Bombing of Civilians Many in Europe now call it a "coward's war" U.S. Warned: Don't Use Landmines in Kosovo But U.S. one of two NATO countries not to sign anti-landmine treaty Cluster Bombs Target Innocents Compared to land mines, but not covered by treaties Yugoslav Economy Will Take Decade to Rebuild More than 500,000 workers out of work from bombing, major factories burned War on Kosovo Wrecks Pentagon World View Generals were happier when there were just "A-list" potential foes Russia-India-China Bloc More Likely Called impractical in Dec. now seen as needed to counter NATO "Unintentional" Bombing Repeats a Familiar Pattern U.S. has often hit political targets when unwelcome peace is likely How the Story of Embassy Bombing Changed At least three contradictory versions Serb Anger Deepens Over Civilian Bomb Targets Destruction greater than Nazi bombing in WWII
	As Bombs Continue Falling, So Do Clinton Ratings Lowest public approval in three years

Washington Merry Go Round

GOP Whines About "Gore Tax" Screwy argument made schools and libraries the villian The Return of the Yellow Peril GOP finds a platform in Chinese spy hysteria CIA Screws Up, Gets Raise Backers claim embassy bombing snafu "proof" that agency is underfunded Washington Dependent on Gun Money NRA and pals outspent gun control groups by almost 27 to 1 Pay Raise for Govt Leaders in the Works GOP leaders want to give Clinton a raise so their salaries will follow Clinton Plays the Littleton Card Hasty summit on youth before Hollywood trip John McCain's Squishy 1st Amendment Senator eager to quash all kinds of free speech

Spreading Violence in East Timor Indonesia arming and training violent militia groups NYC Police Admission of Brutal Assault Was accused of beating immigrant and forcing stick into his rectum Shell Sued by Family of Eco-Activist Ken Saro-Wiwa Case could make companies like Shell financially liable for human rights abuses Yeltsin Won, Russia Lost in Power Struggle Despite Yeltsin approval rating only about 2 percent

404 Section: The Missing News

Misinformation about Y2K; the search for Serb atrocities; White House hires PR expert for Kosovo; Chevron decides what's news CIA, DEA, Operated Without Oversight in Brazil As Brazilian air force officers were shipping cocaine to Europe on military flights Cuban Spies Infiltrated U.S. Anti-Castro Groups Miami grand jury unravels fantastic tale like spy thriller Health Alert Sounded Over Plastic Baby Bottles Researchers find chemical that disrupts hormones DDT, Other Pesticides Found in Breast Milk Alarming study for women who eat Lake Ontario fish Slavery Conditions on Island Source of "Made in USA" Clothes Human rights group says some workers not paid at all Discovery of Agent Orange Dump Haunts Thailand U.S. secretly tested chemical in friendly nation during Viet War Ten Years After, China's Tiananmen Wounds Fester Chinese leadership tries to suppress memory of open rebellion Arabian Oryx Faces Second Extinction Poachers had wiped out wild herds in 1972

Dan Quayle, School Disciplinarian Campaign theme based on bizarre theory Are Black Women the New Menace to Society? Imprisonment rates equal those of black men in some states Literary Fascism at The New York Times Newspaper attacks author Joyce Maynard for selling her love letters Gore Opposing Help For African AIDS Victims Supports drug companies who oppose making low-cost AIDS drugs available Schools React Predictably to Littleton Shootings Banning trenchcoats, harassing students wearing black or with funny hair

Columnists

MOLLY     IVINS The Village Idiots Head Home Texas Budget and the Fat Cats The Great Chinese Spy Scandal Big Money Behind Right Wing Think Tanks

NORMAN     SOLOMON Media Ignores Violation of War Powers Act New Treasury Dept. Boss Needs Scrutiny If A Cluster Bomb Could Talk

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Making a Case for War Crimes Clinton and the War Powers Act The Old Druid's Last Campaign Ulster Veto, Ulster Terror

L E T T E R S Photo of Arabian Oryx by Dr. Mike Hill courtesy emirate of Abu Dhabi

Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 62 Editor: Jeff Elliott (editor@monitor.net) Publisher: Darryl Trujillo (pub@monitor.net) The Albion Monitor is currently published as an ongoing newspaper by Monitor Publishing, POB 1733, Sebastopol, CA 95473 Subscription is free to monitor.net users; contact info@monitor.net for rates, or view our home page Anyone with web access may subscribe for $9.95 per year, prepaid