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September 30, 2003

Chinks Start Appearing in Bush’s Armor Peter Preston

Decisive week in Blair's life: Is it time to go? Mustapha Karkouti

By outlawing Hamas, the EU sidelines Europe Khatoun Haidar

Americans must give in to Iraqis Gulf News

Issue is occupation, not Arafat Gulf News

The potential to regain the initiative Hassan A. Barari

The rhetoric and reality of reform in the Arab world The Daily Star

Last Chance for Sudan? Arab News

Pragmatism in, politics out for most Egyptians Linda S. Heard

September 29, 2003

The Magnificent 27 Uri Avnery

Lies, mischief and the myth of pro-Israeli neo-con Western intelligence services- Syrian WMDs Robert Fisk

Bush's big swindle of Americans and Iraqis to pay off corporations L. E. Miller

Change of heart in the Middle East policy debate James J. Zogby

Economist tallies swelling cost of Israel to US about $1.6 trillion since 1973 By David R. Francis

Condoleezza Rice should go because of lying and incompetence Liz Lopez

Railroading Moussauoi Mike Whitney

Who is Using Whom? Mostafa Avini

Does Iraq Fiasco Signal a Threat to US Supremacy? Hassan Tahsin

Feeding Frenzy Begins In Iraq Chris Floyd

Iraq: Not Many Taken In by Marshall Plan Analogy, Will Dunham

Portents of the Future, Arab News

The UN should seek protection, not pullout Jordan Times

Edward Said: A giant has fallen Khalil Barhoum

Edward Said was not 'out of place' Ramzy Baroud

September 28, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 28, 2003

Mahathir renews calls for scrapping of UN Security Council veto

America Is Held More Accountable, Khaled M. Batarfi

Armies as a Mirror of Civilization, Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

Berlusconi Remarks Lead to Reappraisal of History in Italy, Nicole Martiche

Blair Shouldn’t Dismiss the Rumbling in the Ranks, Gerald Kaufman

Bush on the Hill, Not Yet Over It, David T. Dumke

Patriots Vs. Invaders in Iraq, Sami Ramadani

Sept. 11, Palestinians' situation draw media attention, Thamer Abu Baker

'UN trusteeship', Walid M. Sadi

When 'superficialities replace fundamentals', Musa Keilani

September 27, 2003

Mistakes of Vietnam repeated with Iraq James Morris

Micronesia Does It Again Tariq A. Al-Maeena

Annan's "shock and awe" at UN about pre-emptive attacks, Gulf News

Resistance Has Changed the Balance of Power in Iraq, Seumas Milne 

Bush stonewalling, George S. Hishmeh

Listening 'to Carter one more time', Ramzy Baroud

Israel supreme court president's answers, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh

Blair Braces for Rough Ride on Iraq, Katherine Baldwin

Farewell to Edward Said Mustafa Barghouthi

Edward Said: The debate continues Charles Paul Freund

Edward Said: A Loyal and Thoughtful Friend

EU Integrity Factor, Arab News

African Hairstyles Withstand Vicissitudes of Time, Irmin Durand

September 26, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 26, 2003

Palestine's Children (poem) Genevieve Cora Fraser

A Cynical Speech L. E. Miller

Bush has hit the Trifecta of Failure, in his foreign policy and in the War on Terrorism Francis Lewis

Condoleezza Rice and the Case of the Big Swindle Emily Madison

Iran and American Interests Avini Mostafa

Iraq and America, A reply to Eric Mack, By John Rhys-Burgess

Iraq for Sale Mike Whitney

My baby boy's American freedoms vanish in occupied Palestine Elizabeth Price

The Costs of War by Rep. Ron Paul

Clarks Entry Poses a Dilemma for Democrats Gary Younge

September 25, 2003

Accelerating transfer of power Jordan Times

Media crackdown shows true colors of Governing Council The Daily Star

At stake in Iraq is the future of the entire region Michael Jansen

Sharon flattens another bump in the road Ahmad Bouzid

Blinded by Opiate of the Masters, Fawaz Turki

US is turning a deaf ear to good advice George S. Hishmeh

Time for Sharon's painful concessions Gerald Steinberg

Neo-Jacobins Push For World War IV Paul Craig Roberts

Belgrade Arrest of Spy Linked to NATO Hopes, Boris Babic

How to break cycle of violence Allister Sparks

The real obstacle to peace is Sharon, not Arafat Avi Shlaim

The Harshest Lessons of Hutton Are for the BBC, Steve Richards

Religion: THE NIGHT JOURNEY AND THE ASCENDANCE

September 24, 2003

When ignorance is dangerous: The Case of Condi Rice Gulf News

The Choice For Israelis Jimmy Carter

Bush can only stall for so long before Iraqi quagmire drags him down The Daily Star

Take a closer look at Malaysian model Mushahid Hussain

A more humble Washington negotiates its place in the world Rami G. Khouri

Apathy of Afghan women after Taliban Linda S. Heard

Veto Confirms US Disinterest in Peace Ramzy Baroud

Violence Aims to Deny UN Legitimacy to Occupation Charles J. Hanley

Campbell ‘Mate’ Must Resign to Restore Trust in Intelligence David Clark

Schroeder Faces Left-Wing Revolt Over Reform Leon Mangasarian

September 23, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 23, 2003

Using war to swallow Palestinian land Sara Roy

Iraqi leaders and American military families speak out: Bring them home NOW, S. R. V. Kelley

Dean vs. Un-Dean James J. Zogby

Israelization of Washington Policy, Part II Richard Melson

Now that I no longer have to Bush-bash, let's start working on World Peace Jane Strillwater

The Bloody Consequences of American and Iraqi Civil Wars Emily W. Blair

Helping Iraq Without Helping Bush Simon Tisdall

Restructuring the UN Arab News

Clarks Entry Poses a Dilemma for Democrats Gary Younge

Niger Feels Hurt by Uranium Sale Charges Bruce Stanley

September 22, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 22, 2003

Arafat's interview with ABC NEWS

The Israelization of Washington Policy: Neo-Con Mechanisms Richard Melson

Those Murderous Israelis Tariq A. Al-Maeena

Collapse of the Road Map, Mike Whitney

Why Washington Should Rethink Its Iraq Policy, Nasim Zehra

The Iraq precedent, Consent for the peril of global hegemony William .M. Hardiker

Green Light to Kill the Road Map, Hassan Tahsin

Sharon Policies Will Put Israel in Dire Peril, David Hirst 

Not Out of the Woods, Arab News

US vetoes UN resolution opposing Arafat’s murder By Bill Vann

Sleaze Nightmare Returns to Haunt Brussels, Stephen Castle

September 21, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 21, 2003

Bush may be forced to change his failed policies, L. E. Miller

True Nihilists on the Potomac Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

The Joy of the Occupation, for whom? Emma Goldman

What’s Wrong With the Picture? Khaled M. Batarfi

Berlin Summit Ends in a Fiasco for Schroeder Ernest Gill 

Listening to what Jordan has to say, Musa Keilani

Berlusconi Unable to Come to Terms With Italy’s Fascist Past John Hooper

Foolish husbands can topple even the highest-flying wives Abdullah Al Madani

Remembering Srebrenica, Arab News

Living by the rules, Jordan Times

Does the Bush Regime really support Universal Health Care? You bet! But, For Whom? Lynn Gordimer

Killing Yasser Arafat? Gwynne Dyer

September 20, 2003

US-Israeli Fantasy will again fail as a policy in Palestine Rami G. Khouri

US misguided foreign policies expose its political juvenility Luc Debieuvre

Neo-Con Zionist Media Operatives Richard Melson

The Bush Regime's priorities W. Rodgers

Punish Washington by rejecting its draft resolution on Iraq Jason Vest

Burying Anna Lindh: mother, woman, human being Bouthaina Shaaban

Blair May Have Squandered Historic Opportunity, Katherine Baldwin

Defending Fakihi Against WSJ Charges, Sarah Whalen

The US should not confuse terror and Islam Gulf News

Fantasy Report, Arab News

The Arafat Factor in Mideast Peace, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid 

‘We Are Facing Death in Iraq for No Reason’, Tim Predmore

US vetoes UN resolution opposing Arafat’s murder By Bill Vann ok

Killing Arafat is “sick” Timothy D. Naegele

‘America first’ in Mesopotamia, or when Wolfowitz overrides everybody Charles V. Pena

September 19, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 19, 2003

Powell's Moral Imperative, Mostafa Avini

The Bush regime's errors cost the lives of thousands and endless misery L. E. Miller

A conclusion to accept Jordan Times

US should learn the balancing act Gulf News

The Villain Is Ignorance, Arab News

The shift in the media world Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

Americans know they have gone well past the point of no return Patrick Seale

Saudi-Russian detente driven by need to control oil Marwan Al Kabalan

Al-Midan Theater, Haifa, Jocelyn Braddell

Bush's Death Toll in Iraq climbs ... and who profits? V. S. Paine

Journal axes gene research on Jews and Palestinians Robin McKie

Why does Sharon want to kill Yasser Arafat ? Feroze H. Mithiborwala

Removing Arafat Won’t Help Either Side G. Jefferson Price III

Utter Lies First, Correct Later: Diplomacy, Neocon-Style Robert Scheer 

Poll Finds Bush Is ‘in Over His Head' Arab News 

Bigwig Summit Likely to Revive EU Leadership Paul Taylor

Why Do Arabs Help Zionist Media Campaign, Michael Collins Piper

September 18, 2003

Endorsing Murder, Arab News

Vetoing peace, Jordan Times

Have a Nice Day, Sharon Fawaz Turki 

A pathetic decision Hassan A. Barari

Stifling criticism of Israeli policies George S. Hishmeh

Good governance and development in the Mideast Mustapha Nabli

Palestinians' 'life is precarious these days' Michael Jansen

Rumsfeld, Iraq Not a Lot Like Chicago Rory McCarthy

25 years after Camp David, Mideast peace still elusive Patrick Anidjar 

Turning a Blind Eye to Africa Jim Anderson

September 17, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 17, 2003

Bush and Sharon playing a 'game of death' with peace Mustapha Karkouti

Crucial Errors That Made Mideast Road Map a Nonstarter Adrienne McPhail 

Israeli threats boost Arafat's popularity Linda S. Heard

The Berlusconi Megalomania, Arab News

The Bush regime's rationale for exploiting Iraq and squandering $87 billion, E M Attenborough

When the Weak Stood Up to the Powerful George Monbiot

WTO has reaped what it has sown, Gulf News

September 16, 2003

21 years to the day after the Shatila massacre Peter Speetjens

Copernicus was wrong, the center of the universe is Ramallah, Mike Whitney

Ten years later, the world is upside down James J. Zogby

Choice Before Israel: Racism or Democracy Avraham Burg

Want peace? Make Arafat relevant Geoffrey Aronso

The neocons: Who are they and what do they tell President Bush Richard Melson (working)

Blow to European Project, Arab New

Brits and Americans: Still Lot of Differences Neil Berry

Don't Believe All You Read About US Loathing of France Stuart Jefries 

September 15, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 15, 2003

Obstacle to Peace, Arab News

A Disaster Foretold, Uri Avnery

Muslim Bashing in the US Media, Tariq Al-Maeena

Neo-Con Fantasy, Mostafa Avini

The Decision to Murder Arafat, Mike Whitney

The Neo-Cons: Who are they and what do they tell President Bush? By Richard Melson

Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinians are genetically almost identical Robin McKie 

Are Americans Safer Than 2 Years Ago? Rupert Cornwell

Israeli-Indian Deal Threatens Iran’s National Security, Hassan Tahsin

UN Wary of Iraq Role After Deadly August Blast, Peter Slevin

Berlusconi’s Nemesis Closes In, Sophie Arie

In Malaysia a Fight for Muslim Soul, Eileen Ng

September 14, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 14, 2003

Arafat gets the support from all Gulf News

Chechen Elections, Arab News 

Armies as a Mirror of Civilization, Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal  

The Bush Regime, the UN, and European Allies, By L E Miller

Sharon's plans for Arafat Musa Keilani

Pakistan must stay away from 'US Jihad' Nasim Zehra

Other ways to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Walid M. Sadi

Secret Slaughter by Night, Lies and Blind Eyes by Day, Robert Fisk

Seeds of Peace, Uri Avnery

Israelis, Palestinians Ready for Peace, but Leaders Fail Them, Jonathan Freedland

Security Service Rivalries Threaten War on Terrorism, Alan Sipress

Liberty Bushwacked by Authoritarian Neo-Conservative Bush Regime, By Louise Parker

How did the Neo-Conservatives Insinuate Themselves into Power? Richard Melson

Internal Rifts Undermine U.S. Policy in Mideast, Mark Matthews

September 13, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 13, 2003

Well-Calculated Stunt, Arab News 

Needs on a "Cakewalk": Goliath Stumbles, By Mike Whitney

The US must accept the consequences of its actions, By William Hardiker

The occupation of Iraq is not going well, Jean D. Swift

Why did Bush invade Iraq? Richard Melson

Tragedy May Help Change Sweden’s Self-Image Martin Woollacott 

Back to the drawing board, Jordan Times

Bush reinvents Iraq, By John M. Curtis

Pipes Case Shows US Insensitivity to Arab Concerns Fahmi Huwaidy

Most Dangerous Job in the World, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

Dead or Alive? Israel’s Choice If Arafat Is Targeted, Matt Spetalnick

Cancun Protesters Realize that Neo-Liberalism Is a Form of War, Naomi Klein 

September 12, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 12, 2003

Season of Despair, Arab News

Leap to a final Israeli-Palestinian deal Hussein Agha

Iraq: Back to the drawing board, Jordan Times

First Love, Mike Odetalla

Iraqi Guerrilla Quagmire continues to take a heavy toll John Winston Churchill

9-11, Bush's Global Shell Game, Mike Whitney

Assassination of Foreign Minister Reopens Security Debate in Sweden, Pia Ohlin 

Chile Had Its Own Sept. 11: But This One Was With White House Blessings, Roger Burbach

No Pakistani Troops for Iraq Without Mandate Change Nasim Zehra

September 11, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 11, 2003

The anniversary of 9-11 Mike Whitney

The Trickle-Down of Intelligence and the Deluge of Blood, By L. E. Miller

Quagmire in the USA by, Mark Yannone

Bush called upon to ask Rummy and Wolfy to resign, Lillian Parker

What you won't hear on an Arab TV, Curtis F.J. Doebbler

The First Two Years of Insanity, John Chuckman

Cynthia McKinney speaks at Berlin 9-11 Conference 

Ramsey Clark Responds to Bush's Television Address

The Bush Regime Has Betrayed Americans, Iraqis, and the Entire World, Emma Goldman

Killing Hamas Leaders Will Not Bring Security to Israel Kevin Toolis

Al-Qaeda Switches Tactics, Seeks New Targets Mark Trevelyan

September 10, 2003

Arafat holds the key to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict Hassan A. Barari

Bush killed the ‘road map’ by walking away The Daily Star

Cancun to tell whether WTO on track to achieve ambitious outcome By Pascal Lamy

Time for UN control of Iraq, Jordan Times

Two years after Sept. 11 — bridging the divide James J. Zogby

Two years on and the world is still reverberating with fear Mustapha Karkouti

What’s at play ? and at risk ? in battlefield Iraq Landon K. Thorne

Will the war on terror ever succeed? Linda S. Heard

September 9, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 9, 2003

The "Project for the New American Century (PNAC)" ... Exposed, By L E Miller

The quagmire of denouncing a `quagmire' By Norman Solomon

Bush's Address: Glowing Rhetoric but No Specifics Sonni Efron

History and the Great Lie, By Rich Maurice

The Sailing Will Not Be Smooth for the New Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Quorei' Ezzedine Said

Sept. 11 Attacks and Posner's Fairy Tales, Khaled Al-Maeena

Israel shows its true colours, Gulf News

A path of blood, anguish and suffering Hisham H. Ahmed

Burden of Iraq may prove heavy for US, M.J. Akbar

Carry out Oslo to the end: The only effective way By Yossi Beilin

Israeli women working to end occupation Gila Svirsky

September 8, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 8, 2003

Two Steps Backward, Arab News

Scorched Earth Policy in Iraq Hassan Tahsin

Sept. 11 a Tragedy or an Opportunity? Michael Meacher

The Implosion of US Media, By Mike Whitney 

Utopian myths about corporate America, By Edith Archer

A Baghdad Battered UN By K. Gajendra Singh

September 7, 2003

The olive harvest!, By Maisoon Rice and Mike Odetalla

Palestinians, Israelis commemorate Nakba to create awareness, By Walid Batrawi

Brajesh Mishra's Spin on US-Israel-India Axis, By Ghulam Muhammed

Giving chances, Walid M. Sadi

International support needed, Jordan Times

Franklin Please, Not Theodore, M J Akbar

Armies: Conscripts, and Professionals Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

End of Another Chance, Arab News

A Hard Look at US-Hijacked UN, By Gajendra Singh

European Union Still Without a Foreign Policy Nicholas Rigillo

Bush slides down as truth emerges, By John K. Johnson

The Bush regime was never serious about peace in the Middle East, just the opposite, By L. E. Miller

A quagmire? What quagmire? It's worse than that, By Lena Crane

September 6, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 6, 2003

The Perfumed Prince (Wesley Clark) and Other Political Tales, By  John Chuckman

'Anyone listening in America?' By George S. Hishmeh

Beyond the road map, By Shlomo Bin-Ami

Why Palestinian-Israeli peace is not moving forward, Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

US Muslims See Advantages in Bloc Vote, Richard H. Curtiss

Iraq For The Iraqis, Dulles NOW Chapter

NGOs Credibility Crisis: The Way Out, Sabur Ali Sayyid

Iraq and US Election Seen Sapping Mideast Peace Drive, Alistair Lyon

Twin Towers Plans Should Not Disguise an Uncomfortable Truth, Martin Woollacott

On the Road to Moscow, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

The Real Issue Evaded by the Hutton Probe, Arab News

Ill-Advised Move, Arab News 

The Selective Justice of the Arroyo Administration, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

One Nation Under Israel By Andrew Hurley Reviewed by Richard H. Curtiss

September 5, 2003

American English: The biggest casualty in the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Terry Spencer

Bush asks "les enfants terribles" for HELP, By Regina Milhouse

Bush is in trouble, so are we headed for trouble? L. E. Miller

Cost of the US war in Iraq and how it could benefit Americans Winifred Darty

Diplomatic Dance, Arab News

Statement regarding the Separation Wall, By heads of Churches in Jerusalem

Strategic change in US foreign policy, By Hichem Karoui 

The rest of the story: The demonization of Islam in favor of Zionism, By Mark Glenn

The United Nations in Iraq and Palestine: A Bundled Approach to Permanent Peace By Grant F. Smith

US-Israel- India Axis, By Ghulam Muhammed

Wondering and Wandering In Baghdad by Marvin X

September 4, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 4, 2003

Saudi Ties With Russia, Arab News

Fresh regional dialogue:  Rapprochement between Amman and Tehran, Jordan Times

The other September 11, Tariq A.Al-Maeena

The Zionist revolution is dead By Avraham Burg

The Paradox of Interventionism Fawaz Turki

We can learn much from the American civil rights movement Rami G. Khouri

A distinction must be made in the Najaf explosion case By Michael Jansen

Nuclear spectre hangs over the U.S. head, Mushahid Hussain

Growing Violence in Afghanistan Unsettles Region Khalid Mafton & Anwar Mansuri

Iraq: US Pays the Price of Hubris Jonathan Freedland

Land of the Free, but Home of the Patriot Act Richard B. Schmitt 

Sharon, settlements and making Dante blush Geoffrey Aronson

Court Verdict on Indonesian Cleric Unlikely to Deter Militant Core Jane Macartney

Sunni Islamists of Iraq: their background, principles Graham Fuller

First of All This Wall Must Fall By Uri Avnery

Cancun meeting — difficult and decisive Marwan A. Kardoosh

September 3, 2003

Letters to the Editor, September 3, 2003

A Bloody Crusade, By Tariq Al-Maeena

The United Nations is relevant when needed to clean up Bush's fiascos, By John Winston Churchill

Abdullah's Visit Signals New Saudi-Russian Era Abdulaziz Sager

Inquiry Into Riots Puts Spotlight on Tense Arab-Jew Relations in Israel Ofira Koopmans

Still learning from the American civil rights movement, Rami G. Khouri

Still not too late, Jordan Times

Libyan Troubles Ahead, Arab News

Nuclear bomb as a deterrent, By Fauzi Shahab

When in doubt, lie your head off, By Brian Beecluff

Iraq War Eroding World’s Post-Sept. 11 Sympathy for US, By Alistair Lyon

Blair and the Big Lie Hugo Young

Palestine is Still the Issue, By John Pilger, On your computer monitor, Watch this riveting film 

September 2, 2003

America's self-sacrificial spirit evident in Mideast, Linda S. Heard

Fears of political anarchy loom large in Iraq, Mustapha Karkouti

Isolating Arafat will never succeed, Gulf News

Post-Sept. 11 Paranoia in US Academia, John Sutherland,

Unintended Consequences and Unlearned Lessons, Robert Fisk

Why the US will never win an unconventional war in Iraq, By Ramzy Baroud

Hizb al-Tahrir: the paradox of a very British party Abdelwahab El-Affendi 

Shooting the messenger: America unfairly accuses Arab media of broadcasting ‘incitement’ Rami G. Khouri

The US loses a supremely reluctant ally Juan Cole

Turkey makes up for lost time in Iraq Philip Robins

September 1, 2003

Contradictions in the US politics: The death of soldiers and the contracts of Halliburton, James J. Zogby

Cyber Terrorism, Arab News 

What missions have been accomplished? By Zoe V. Brunelli

Howard's war to liberate a people he vilified, William M Hardiker

Pursue knowledge, even if far away as ‘Israeli political prisons’! By Amjad Jadallah

The futility of inquiries, By Gwynne Dyer

Abu Mazen the Main Victim of the Israeli Attacks, Conal Urquhart

Can EU Become the Balancing Superpower? Hassan Tahsin

We Don’t Shy Away From Confrontation, Khaled Al-Faisal

Overdue aid to Third World, Gulf News


 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).
The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

 

 

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