Threat to world peace

Keeping America Scared (5,233 MB)

see also BUSH LIES AND DIRTY TRICKS - COMPASSIONATE CONSERATISM - AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY

A short, by no means complete, list of texts that convince me that the Bush administration (Dubya, Rummy, Wolfowitz, Perle, Cheney, Rice and the lot) are the graver threat to world peace.  (I just started collecting them on August 9, 2003)

(If the given link doesn't work any more: I can provide you with the original text - just send me an email)

Latest addition: June 24, 2004

Bush memos reveal thinking on torture THE GUARDIAN June 24, 2004
A torturer's charter
Comment: Secret documents show that US interrogators are above the law, writes Richard Norton-Taylor.
Leader: Tortured meanings
THE GUARDIAN June 12, 2004
'US soldiers shot us, one by one'
Survivors describe wedding massacre as generals refuse to apologise.
Leader: Lies about crimes
Comment: Michael Berg
THE GUARDIAN May 21, 2004
Pakistan awarded favoured ally status - "a step which will open the door to more American weapons sales to Islamabad." (This is how it all started with Saddam Hussein, former "favoured ally") - see Chalmers Johnson, Blowback) THE GUARDIAN March 19, 2004
Guantanamo Britons: the full story
World exclusive: David Rose hears the Tipton Three give a harrowing account of their captivity in Cuba.
Read the interview in full - Part 2
THE GUARDIAN March 14, 2004

Briton accuses American captors
UK: Freed Guantánamo prisoner also condemns British government.

Colin Powell: "Because we are Americans, we don't abuse people in our care." (!!!)
Comment: Ken Coates
Special report: Guantánamo Bay

THE GUARDIAN March 13, 2004

US troops killing and abusing Afghans, rights body says
World: US troops in Afghanistan operating outside the rule of law, says new report.
THE GUARDIAN March 8, 2004

SATIRE: JESSICA LYNCH CAPTURES SADDAM EX-DICATATOR DEMANDS BACK PAY  FROM BAKER by Greg Palast

www.gregpalast.com

December 15, 2003

Army shells pose cancer risk in Iraq
World: Depleted uranium causing high radioactivity levels.
THE GUARDIAN December 14, 2003
Home of the Brave and Land of the Free (???) Welcome to Guantanamo
A special investigation into the prison that shames American justice. By James Meek.
US fires Guantanamo defence team
THE GUARDIAN December 3, 2003
U.S. Remains Leader in Arms Sales, Report Says THE NEW YORK TIMES September 25, 2003
Bush isolated as speech to UN falls flat
World: George Bush was increasingly isolated on the global stage as he defied intense criticism from a litany of world leaders at the United Nations over the war on Iraq. 
THE GUARDIAN September 24, 2003
Annan challenges US on force
UN secretary general to warn that pre-emptive strikes are a threat to world peace and stability.
THE GUARDIAN September 23, 2003
Colombia Accepts a U.S. Deal on Exemptions in Rights Cases THE NEW YORK TIMES September 20, 2003
GIs flood US with war-weary emails
Iraq: Paul Harris and Jonathan Franklin report on rising fears that the Iraq conflict is now a desert Vietnam.
THE GUARDIAN August 10, 2003
The US is starting a nuclear fight
Comment: The hawks are gunning for a showdown with North Korea and Iran, writes Simon Tisdall.
THE GUARDIAN August 9, 2003