Albion Monitor Issue 68 Late October, Early November 1999
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Incurable Form of TB is Global Threat Russian prison system alone creates hundreds of thousands of TB cases annually Scientists Alarmed by Whale Deaths Hundreds apparently dying of starvation Link Between Cell Phones and Brain Cancer, Researcher Says Industry-funded scientist found doubled risk of tumors UN SLOW TO PROBE TIMOR GENOCIDE See also EAST TIMOR INDEX in earlier issue KOPASSUS OFFICERS TRAINED IN U.S. Quietly tucked away in the Vermont hills, the only private military college in the country has been training officers in Kopassus, Indonesia's brutal special forces that led the genocide of East Timor Faster UN Probe Urged on Discovery of Bodies Australian-led UN force admits it has done little UN Force Finds E Timor Ghost Towns UN peacekeepers just now starting to explore countryside Australia Knew of Genocide Plans Satellite photos showed militia, troop buildup months before election

Washington Merry Go Round

Gore? Bradley? Coke? Pepsi? Not much fizz in Demo debate, but even less of interest in GOP tent Turkey Season In New Hampshire The last bastion of politics as a contact sport The Political Circus Comes to Town Vignettes from the New Hampshire campaign trail Disappointment in Union's Quick Endorsement of Gore But Teamsters, UAW won't join AFL-CIO in early approval Is Warren Beatty the Last Real Democrat? You won't hear Gore or Bradley talking about these core issues Elizabeth Dole, Inc. Raising more than $1 million annually for uncharitable charity Pentagon Gets Unrequested $17 Billion Including new expensive luxuries for top military brass And Now Trump Enters The Ring Rumors that G.W. Bush encouraged Reform Party bid

	THE PEASANT ARMY'S COCKTAIL PARTY Pat Buchanan claims that a "peasant army" will sweep him into the White House. But how many troops does he command? There's no clear answer. But two weeks ago, Buchanan did hold an event in Washington that revealed who his true friends (well-known and unknown) are. At a steakhouse gathering, scores of Patniks celebrated the publication of his new foreign policy book, the now-infamous tract that argues that Western Europe and the United States should have, more or less, left Hitler alone in the pre-Pearl Harbor years FOLLOW THE MONEY And what of the leadership of this army? In recent months his presidential campaign has either purged or been deserted by some of its most loyal soldiers. Those who remain may be involved in shady financial kickbacks, illegal campaign contributions and less-than-honorable coverups. This is the moral high ground?

Section 404 : The Missing News

IN THIS ISSUE:   Kathie Lee Gifford and sweatshops, part III; the losing battle to control global warming; corporate disinformation campaign about safety of biotech foods; 1 out of 6 Americans drinks contaminated water; cash from Abe Hirschfeld CIA STONEWALLS ON PINOCHET CONNECTIONS When the U.S. government released the recent batch of documents about the Pinochet regime, a set of records was missing: those detailing the CIA's underhanded involvement in Chile, and that it may have been involved in the murder of an American journalist Too Many Boats, Too Few Fish UN estimates 70% of the world's most valuable fish stocks are depleted because of government subsidies Powerful Mexican Family Tries to Censor Latino U.S. Magazine Editor says kingmakers in Mexican politics linked to drug trade Mexican Evangelical Groups Step Up Recruitment Including lobbying the government for TV time Colombian Cocaine Market Explodes Despite U.S. Efforts U.S. obsession with farmers allow traffickers to operate without interference Manhattan, Other Cities Could Flood Study warns of global warming disaster as critical summit begins in Germany Carolinas Encouraged Building in Flooded Areas State and Fed subsidized development in areas prone to natural disaster Toxic Mercury Rains in Midwest Rain and snow over 65 times safe levels near some cities Italy's Neofascists Say Mafia is Unreliable in Hope to Evade Trial Charged with more than two thousand deaths 1968-1990 India Groundwater Contaminated by Arsenic 4,000 times higher than safe levels in some areas IMF "Makes Up" Funding Needs, Audit Shows Agency has also become self-styled bank imposing harsh conditions in exchange for help World Bank Can't Recover $5.5 Billion Stolen in Nigeria Taken by former government officials in Africa's most populous country New Questions About Pentagon Link to Gulf War Syndrome Anti-nerve gas pill was given to 250,000 troops

Corresponding with the Unabomber

"The first time I got a letter from the Unabomber, I had my wife open it. I was at work, the letter had come to my house, and neither of us wanted to wait to see what Ted Kaczynski, whose outgoing mail was by then inspected by the United States Bureau of Prisons, had to say..." "THE SECOND LIBERATION OF INDONESIA" Indonesians have high hopes that newly-elected president Gus Dur and VP Megawati will bring together a nation scarred by three decades of dictatorships. But can the beloved and elderly president force the military back in the barracks, stop rampant corruption, and bring about true reform? Nation Must Face its Gruesome Past High Hopes for a new Indonesia Environment Remains Pawn of Special Interests Prospects Dim For Bringing Suharto to Justice MAKING SENSE OF PAKISTAN'S COUP As Pakistan returns to military rule for the fourth time in a half century, analyists ask an uneasy question: Why does the nation swing between martial law and hopelessly corrupt, inept government? Shed No Tears For Pakistan's Sham Democracy History Shows Cycle of Pakistani Military Coups Pakistan Has Brighter Prospects For Peace With India Conservatives Try Stealth Censorship of Internet Sen. Orrin Hatch proposes "immunity" to ISPs who supress offensive sites How I Learned to be a Racist Ex-con describes how hate is contagious in prison Report Shows U.S. Bombed Chinese Embassy Deliberately Maps had been updated just a week earlier The Constitution According to Giuliani An unrestrained war on free expression

Columnists		MOLLY     IVINS Dear God, Give us a Touchdown The Big Muddy in Colombia It's Bad When They Won't Take Your Money OJ, Diana, Jon Benet and Monica, Monica, Monica A Thoroughly Lousy Banking Bill Cut Off at the Budget Impasse Again Health Insurance System is Dying Whiffle-Brains Attack 1st Amendment Students Lead Anti-Sweatshop Drive GOP Bests Clinton But Risks Nuclear War

NORMAN     SOLOMON Buchanan Was Always a Media Creation Media Fuels the Online Trading Mania A Tale of Two Magazines

ALEXANDER     COCKBURN Where's the Serbian Genocide? Holding the Forests for Presidential Ransom Does Art Really Shock Anyone, Anymore?

L E T T E R S

Albion Monitor (http://www.monitor.net/monitor) Issue 68 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