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June
12, 2003
Ray
McGovern
Deceived into War: Reflections of
a Former CIA Analyst
June
11, 2003
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Attack of the Hog Killers: Why the
Generals Hate the A-10
Elaine
Cassel
Meet Michael Chertoff: Ashcroft's
Top Gremlin
David Lindorff
The Republican Drive to Eliminate Overtime Pay
Tom
Gorman
Greens, the Antiwar Movement and 2004
Alfredo
Castro
Colombia: The Most Dangerous Place
on Earth for Trade Unionists
Nnimo
Bassey and Lawrence Bohlen
Bush Must Stop Telling Us What to
Eat!
Julie Hilden
Spike Lee v. Spike TV
CounterPunch
Wire
Blair Bros. Change Jobs!
Eric
Hobsbawm
The Empire Expands, Wider and Still
Wider
Steve
Perry
DHS: As Big
a Planning Snafu as Iraq?
June
10, 2003
Benjamin
Shepard
A Season in the Anti-War Movement
Chris
Floyd
Bush Family Lies About Iraq and Nazi
Germany
Wayne
Madsen
Weaponsgate
Jason Leopold
Powell's Denials Ring Hollow
Richard
Lichtman
Whining, Whimpering Leftists Confront the Logic of American World
Domination
Ray
Close
A CIA Analyst on Why the Lies About
WMD Matter
Hammond
Guthrie
Banking on Saddam?
Steve
Perry
Bush's Wars
Web Log 6/10
June
9, 2003
Alex
Coolman
Male Rape in US Prisons
Elaine
Cassel
Ashcroft is Coming!
Lee
Sustar
Is Iran Next?
Agustin
Velloso
Equatorial Guinea: Few Rich, Many
Poor
Gila
Svirsky
Some Lives Are Worth Less Than Others
Dr. Gerry
Lower
Human Worth in Bush's America
Michael
S. Ladah
A True Liberation
Ishmael Reed
Iraqi Slaughter, Mayhem and Plunder
Steve
Perry
How to Beat Bush, part 1
June
7 / 8, 2003
Alexander
Cockburn
The Terrible Truth
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Going Critical: Bush's War on Endangered Species
Joanne
Mariner
Ashcrofts Sides with Torturers
Steven
Sherman
A Different Theory of Everything
Ron Jacobs
Sports, Politics and the 60s
M.
Shahid Alam
Pauperizing the Periphery
Amelia
Peltz
If This is the Road, I'd Rather be Lost
Shelton
Hull
Another Powell, Another Capitulation
Binoy Kampmark
Nuclear Deterrence and North Korea
Ben
Tripp
A Fish Story
Sen. Robert
Byrd
Where is the Outrage?
Robin
Philpot
Congo Distortions
Julie Hilden
Murder and the Matrix
Laura
Flanders
An Interview with Isabel Allende
David Lindorff
The Last Byline
Adam
Engel
Talk Dirty Scary Monsters
Poets'
Basement
Kearney, Reiss, Guthrie, Albert and Hamod
June
6, 2003
Elaine
Cassel
Ashcroft the Insatiable
David
Krieger
The Big Lie
Ramzy
Baroud
Sharon and the Myth of the Peacemakers
Anthony
Gancarski
Sharansky: "Crucifixion is a Privilege"
Sam
Hamod
His Own Little Country
Sean Carter
Why Indict Martha Stewart and Not Ken Lay?
David
Lindorff
Cracks in the Consensus
Stew Albert
Ari's Great Set
Steve
Perry
Greens and
Moore in 04? No
June
5, 2003
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Pools of Fire: The Looming Nuclear
Nightmare in the Woods of North Carolina
Imraan
Siddiqi
Ann Coulter's Foul Mouth
Michael
Leon
Clinton, Reno & Waco: Remember What They've Done
Robert
Jensen
Texas Pledge Law Undermines Democracy
Ann Harrison
Rosenthal is Free, But the Fight isn't Over
Paul
Dean
How You Can Be Deliriously Happy in the Age of Bush
Gary Leupp
When Spooks Speak Out
Website
of the Day
Evidence in Black and White?
June
4, 2003
Alexander
Cockburn
Federal Judge Blinks; Rosenthal
Walks
Lisa
Walsh Thomas
The Isaiah Crowd: The Threat of Neo-Christianity
Jason
Leopold
Manufacturing the Iraq War
John Chuckman
Blackmail as Policy
Mazin
Qumsiyeh
Summit: Peace or Pretense?
Issam Nashashibi
Sharon's Sword of Damocles
Steve
Perry
Wolfowitz of Arabia: the VF interview transcript
June
3, 2003
Chris
Floyd
Copycat Killers: Bush, Jakarta and
the Slaughter in Aceh
Jason
Leopold
Wolfowitz Tells All
Elaine
Cassel
We Interrupt Your Normal Show to Bring You an Important Message
from Michael Powell: "Go to Hell, Americans!"
Tom
Crumpacker
The Politics of US Cuba Policy
William
S. Lind
Fourth Generation Warfare in Iraq
Sam
Hamod
The Final Brick in the Wall
Uri
Avnery
The Altalena Affair
Hammond
Guthrie
Stepping into Some Deep DARPA
Steve
Perry
The WashTimes'
al-Qaeda nuke "exclusive"
June
2, 2003
Arundhati
Roy
Day of the Jackals
Norman
Madarasz
Behind the Neo-Con Curtain: Plato,
Leo Strauss and Allan Bloom
Alain
Frachon and Daniel Vernet
The Strategist and the Philosopher: Strauss and Wohlstetter
Anthony
Gancarski
Anti-Imperialism, Then & Now
Standard
Schaefer
Wasted at the Pentagon
Jason
Leopold
Rocky's Advice to the Dems
Guthrie
& Albert
HUAC 58 Years Letter
Steve
Perry
The Politics of Terror Alerts
May
31, 2003
Alexander
Cockburn
A Whiner Called Horowitz
Gary Leupp
The Frauds of War
Dave
Lindorff
Clinton, Bush, Lies and Impeachment
Tom Stephens
Does It Matter that the Bush Administration Lied?
Sasan
Fayazmanesh
Who Is Next?
Joanne
Mariner
Trivializing Terrorism
Wayne
Madsen
Ayatollah Ashcroft's Busy Week
Larry Magnuson
Is a Television a Radio or a Billboard?
Elaine
Cassel
Wake Up, America!
Gila Svirsky
Waiting for the Lament to End
Susan
Davis
Kitchen Dreams
Chris Clarke
Barbra Streisand: Environmental Hypocrite
Chris
Floyd
Bush Locates Source of World Evil: God
Adam Engel
Gravity's End Zone
Poets'
Basement
Reiss, Guthrie, Orloski, Albert
May
30, 2003
Ben
Tripp
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Agenda
Neve
Gordon
The Bad Fence
Todd
Steiner
Endangered Ocean
Robert
Freeman
Bush's Tax Cuts: a Form of National Insanity
Sean
Carter
Utah Gets Fired Up for Executions
Daniel
Bacher
How Bush's War Violated International Laws
Tariq
Ali
Re-Colonizing Iraq
Steve
Perry
Bush Wars
Web Log
May
29, 2003
CounterPunch
Wire
WMD: Who Said What When
Jason
Leopold
Despite Thin Intelligence Reports,
US Plans Overthrow of Iran Regime
Ron
Jacobs
Popular Uprising, Inc.
Michelle
Ciaccorra
Bush's Nuclear Policy: Do As I Say, Not As I Do
Yves Engler
The Economics of Health Care in
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Kimberly
Blaker
Vouchers for Jesus
Harry
Browne
Stakeknife: Britain's Army Spy at
the Top of the IRA
Stew
Albert
Cops of the World
Steve Perry
Greens 04: In or Out?
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Cindy
Corrie
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I Can't Hear From
Elaine
Cassel
Civil Liberties
Watch
Michel
Guerrin
Embedded Photographer Says: "I
Saw Marines Kill Civilians"
Uzma
Aslam Khan
The Unbearably Grim Aftermath of War:
What America Says Does Not Go
Paul de Rooij
Arrogant
Propaganda
Gore Vidal
The
Erosion of the American Dream
Francis Boyle
Impeach
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June
12, 2003
Occupation and Strategic
Myopia
The
Tragic Legacy of the Six Day War
By AHMAD FARUQUI
On June 5, 1967, Israel launched a pre-emptive
war against the combined militaries of Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, and
Syria. Within six days, the Israeli Defense Forces had scored
a decisive military victory. The Arabs lost East Jerusalem, containing
the third holiest shrine of Islam, in addition to losing the
West Bank, the Golan Heights and the Sinai.
In November 1967, the UN Security Council
unanimously passed Resolution 242. This laid out two primary
conditions for the establishment of a just and lasting peace
in the Middle East. First, it called for the "withdrawal
of Israel armed forces from territories occupied in the recent
conflict." Second, it called for the "termination of
all claims or states of belligerency and respect for and acknowledgment
of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence
of every State in the area and their right to live in peace within
secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of
force."
Israel did not withdraw from the occupied
territories. The Six Day War led to the Yom Kippur War in 1973,
and Israel ultimately made peace with Egypt and returned the
Sinai. It also made peace with Jordan, but did not return East
Jerusalem. To this day, Israeli occupation of this holy site
continues to fuel strong resentment against Israel in the entire
Muslim world. It remains a key impediment to the establishment
of peace in the Middle East.
An entire generation of Palestinians
has grown up in the West Bank and Gaza under Israeli occupation.
Seeing no hope for their future, some of them have resorted to
carrying out suicide bombings since September 2000. The bombings
have killed hundreds of Israelis and brought on Israeli retaliation,
killing thousands of Palestinians. This cycle of violence shows
no signs of letting up, even after President Bush's landmark
visit to the region.
In accepting the Roadmap put forth by
the White House, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon conceded that Israel
couldn't indefinitely continue to hold millions of Palestinians
under occupation. Many regarded this as a breakthrough, since
"occupation" was a word that had thus far only been
used by Gush Shalom, the Israeli peace block. Sharon also acknowledged
that the time had come for Israelis to accept the reality of
Palestinian statehood. However, peace will only be achieved if
he matches his words with deeds.
So far there has been no evidence of
his sincerity. Yesterday's pre-emptive attacks in Gaza by Israel
against Dr. Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, the number two man in Hamas,
will weaken the hands of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas
who had promised to put an end to terrorism in the Aqaba Agreement.
President Bush publicly rebuked Israel, "The attacks will
make it more difficult for Palestinian leadership to fight off
terrorist attacks. I also don't believe the attacks helped Israeli
security." However, Israel offered no apology for its action,
and seemed determined to carry out missile and other attacks
against militant Palestinians, who it considers to be "ticking
time bombs."
The strategic myopia of this policy should
be evident by now. Israel has learned that it cannot eliminate
terrorism by killing the terrorists. For every one that is killed,
another two are created. After the latest attack, the spiritual
leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, declared there would be
a violent response. "The Israelis have sent a message,"
he said. "Now they have to wait for our reply. Our answer
will be of the same caliber. The Israelis don't want peace. They
only want to humiliate the Palestinians."
The time calls for boldness and courage
on the part of the Israeli leadership. The Arab states pose no
credible military threat to Israel. The best defense against
the suicide bombers is to take away their rallying cry, which
is the illegitimacy of Israeli occupation. Israel should declare
a unilateral cease-fire with the Palestinians, and stop carrying
out attacks against the militants. Ultimately, it should withdraw
from all remaining occupied territories and eliminate the illegal
settlements from the West Bank, as it committed to doing during
the Oslo Accords of 1993. It should also release the 9,000 Palestinians
who are being held in Israeli jails and detention centers. So
far, only 200 have been released.
These actions will bring legitimacy to
Israel in the Arab and Muslim worlds. Only then will it acquire
the peace and security that has eluded it since its decisive
military victory 36 years ago.
Ahmad Faruqui,
an economist, is a fellow with the American Institute of International
Studies and the author of Rethinking
the National Security of Pakistan. He can be reached
at faruqui@pacbell.net
Today's
Features
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Attack of the Hog Killers: Why the
Generals Hate the A-10
Elaine
Cassel
Meet Michael Chertoff: Ashcroft's
Top Gremlin
David Lindorff
The Republican Drive to Eliminate Overtime Pay
Tom
Gorman
Greens, the Antiwar Movement and 2004
Alfredo
Castro
Colombia: The Most Dangerous Place
on Earth for Trade Unionists
Nnimo
Bassey and Lawrence Bohlen
Bush Must Stop Telling Us What to
Eat!
Julie Hilden
Spike Lee v. Spike TV
CounterPunch
Wire
Blair Bros. Change Jobs!
Eric
Hobsbawm
The Empire Expands, Wider and Still
Wider
Steve
Perry
DHS: As Big
a Planning Snafu as Iraq?
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