Albion Monitor Issue 66 September 1999
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RAMPAGE IN E TIMOR Eyewitness Diary From East Timor II: "They Thought Help Was Coming" More eyewitness accounts of reign of terror E Timor Leaders Warn UN: Don't Trust Indonesia But army responsible for genocide has "advisory role" Angry World Asks: What Happened to "Clinton Doctrine?" 6 months ago promised swift action to stop civilian massacres U.S. Shares Blame For E Timor Genocide Close ties to army gave Clinton a chance to stop killings in first week Over 200,000 E Timor Face Starvation Over half the population now in hiding or in camps East Timor Was Strike Three For UN "We could see that it was just like Rwanda, but nobody did anything" Timor Slaughter May Signal Indonesian Army Coup Military's history in East Timor is too "emotional" to be neutral Genocide Shows Suharto Forces Still in Control Cronies of ex-dictator of Indonesia asserting power Militia Members Say Peace Impossible "No one will accept this vote as legitimate" Diary From East Timor: "We Die" Eyewitness accounts of reign of terror Indonesia Planned Exile of 300,000 E Timorese Ethnic cleansing of up to half of the population if they lost the election UN, U.S. Blasted for Hypocrisy Over E Timor Already more refugees than in Kosovo before NATO war

Allan Nairn: Indonesian military was encouraged by U.S. Admiral England Is Major Arms Dealer To Indonesia Sales include fighter jets witnessed in E Timor ground attacks World Will Never Again Trust UN, Says Horta Peace Prize winner also denounces World Bank, IMF to Washington press corps Militias Seize Control of Nation Indonesian security forces do little or nothing to stop mobs Anarchy as Journalists Start Leaving Reporters targeted by militias IMF, World Bank Helped Fund Militias Up to 20% of humanitarian aid diverted

Washington Merry Go Round

Waco Whiplash GOP attacks Reno over Waco debacle, but no criticism of FBI Chinese "Threat" to Panama Canal was GOP Creation Fake story to exploit current anxiety about mainland China spying Candidates Stumbling Through Minefields Trying to have it both ways on abortion rights and other issues Bush Controversy Changes the Drug Debate W. now the unwitting poster child for foes of War on Drugs Bush Shoots Self in Foot With Cocaine Answers American's aren't buying Bush's jolly and charming dismissals

Warren Beatty isn't seriously considering a run for president -- is he?

Section 404 : The Missing News

IN THIS ISSUE:   How the Cocaine Scandal Helped George W. Bush There could be more to the tale than appears -- including the shocking possiblity that his campaign is cynically orchestrating the story. And even if Bush and his pals aren't behind the rumors, the controversy has certainly worked well to his advantage in several ways U.S. Media Knew Kosovo Reports Were Propaganda But still passed on false information to the American public U.S. Sold 1 Million Handguns to Third World While simultaneously pushing for new restrictions in global trade Evolution Now Under Siege in Schools One school glued together textbook pages explaining big bang theory Money Pouring Into Germany Neo-Nazi Movement Party wins 5 seats in W German state election Yugoslav Power Struggle Begins in Earnest Church, fascists, monarchists, free-market economists, all jockey for power Outside the Pine Ridge reservation is a town with just two dozen residents that sells about 3,000 cans of beer every day to Indians -- but then the Lakota people marched to shut down the bars and liquor stores Enviros Blast UN For Not Protecting Mexican Whale Breeding Grounds Is also used for controversial salt factory owned by Mexico and Mitsubishi Support Grows for P.R. Islanders Defying U.S. Navy Bombing practice has destroyed half of once-pristine Puerto Rico island China May be Losing Ground to Separatists Protest by 10,000 members of Falun Gong "scared them out of their wits" Air Pollution Chokes Beijing Massive amounts of building construction in preparation for 50th anniversary Most of U.S. Liquid Toxic Waste Injected Underground Drinking water supply at risk because of EPA loophole, lax policy Central Asia at Boiling Point Rebellion, warfare as CIA cash props up dictators in oil-rich area Yeltsin Left With Few Allies Western media finally notices that billions missing from aid funding Monsanto Moving Into Third World After Europe Fights Biotech Seeds India, Pakistan and China become target markets in "terminator" seed controversy Are Ancient Viruses Lurking In Polar Ice? Find of prehistoric plant virus leads to question if human diseases are recycled Thailand Blames Burma Junta for Meth Epidemic Thais say neighboring dictatorship has created drug problem to destabilize them Nervous Japanese Want More Military Muscle Call for power that would allow unrestricted action by Japan army

Nuclear Risks, Biowar Risks

BP Gets "Greenwash" Award Chump change for solar panels on gas stations while billions spent on oil exploration Newspapers Are Dumbing Down America, Author Says Round-the-clock delivery of daily "news fix" harmful to society, historian says So How Many Scientists Does It Take? Politicians ignoring dire environmental warnings from scientists worldwide

Columnists		MOLLY     IVINS Three Simple Steps to Control Guns GOPs Spending Money Like No Tomorrow What Ho, Political Junkies! Let's Play Hunt the Hypocrites The Persecution of Henry Cisneros Workers Are Forgotten Majority

NORMAN     SOLOMON Remembering the Dissident Senator Big Media Applaud Big Media Merger Media's Hatred of American Labor Press Sidesteps Real Issues in Bush Drug Story

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Who to Blame for American Hatred and Violence? The Press and Waco Cheap Attempt to Discredit Palestinians Irish Journalist Faces Jail for Exposing Coverup

The Making of a Pigeon Activist As national director of the Fund for Animals, Heidi Prescott and more than 200,000 supporters have stopped the killing of mountain lions in California, bison and grizzly bears in Montana, and black bears in Florida. But Prescott's most militant campaign has been against pigeon shoots

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