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April 26 / 27, 2003

Elaine Cassel
The Other War: Bush, Ashcroft and the End of Civil Liberties

Saul Landau
Iraq War: a Policy of Christian and Jewish Fundamentalism

William A. Cook
Sharon Recruits US as Mercenaries Against Syria

William S. Lind
Now the Real War Starts

John Chuckman
In Jesus's Name:
Franklin Graham's Christian Empire

David MacMichael and Ray McGovern
Ex-CIA Analysts on WMD: Where? Find? Plant?

Gary Leupp
Why the War on Iraq was (and Remains) Wrong

Robert Sandels
Cuba Crackdown: a Revolt Against Bush's National Security Strategy?

CounterPunch Wire
An Open Letter to Jerry Brown on Oakland Police Violence Against Peace Activists and Dock Workers

Mickey Z.
Our Ba'athists

Anthony Gancarski
Nader Plays Pullman

Scott Handleman
The Mumia Abu-Jamal Case in Its True Colors

Claud Cockburn
Evelyn Waugh's Ear Trumpet

Poets' Basement
Matt Simon, Sam Hamod, Hammond Guthrie and Stew Albert

Steve Perry
Bush's War Web Log 4/26

 

April 25, 2003

David Vest
It's Not the Oil; It's the Art!

Steven Higgs
All About Tucker Carlson

Walt Brasch
The Shock and Awe of American Ignorance

Alexander Cockburn
The Decline of American Journalism: the Case of Judy Miller

Zeynep Toufe
A Letter to the People of Iraq from an Anti-War Activist

CounterPunch Wire
Season of the Witch: Jeane Kirkpatrick Unbound

Hammond Guthrie
Springtime in Iraq

Steve Perry
Bush's War Web Log 4/25

Website of the Day
Having a Great Time, Wish You Were Here: Postcards from a War

 

April 24, 2003

Lois Whitman
An Open Letter to Rumsfeld on the Child Detainees at Guantanamo

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David Lindorff
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John Grebe
Rev. Pat Robertson's Message in the Temple

Dokhi Fassihian
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Sam Hamod
Our Man in Baghdad

Annie C. Higgins
Do You Regret Being an American?

Harold A. Gould
Will They Hate Us Forever?

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Big Brother in Bed

Steve Perry
Bush's War Web Log 4/24

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April 29, 2003

Pilgrimage or Demolition Derby?

We're Rolling Now

by WALLACE GAGNE

We're rolling. Can't stop. Flattened Iraq. Sights on Syria. Weapons of mass destruction. Almost certain. We won't stop. Probably hiding terrorists. Shouldn't stop. It's George's show. It's Rummy's show. We don't want to stop.

Eyeing Iran. Going nuclear. Unhelpful. We can't be stopped. Watching Lebanon. The Saudis. Egypt. We're on a mission. Who's next. Who's not next.

Who'll stop the rain. Who'll put out the cat. It's your turn. Isn't. Is. Isn't.

Don't miss the excitement.

It's Saddam's half brother. Saddam's son-in-law. His half-son-in-law.

Eating a Quarter Pounder. That's George's Quarter Pounder. George's half brother.

Neil Bush. Neil Bush is Saddam's half brother. Saddam's half-son-in-law is eating George's Quarter Pounder. But first. There's Ahmad Chalabi's.

Here's General Garner. He's riding a carpet, driving a Humvee, humping a camel.

It's the New Iraq. Everybody's filthy rich, overweight, great in bed. Everybody's got their own power tools, their own motor home, hair style, retirement plan.

Everybody's using ab crunchers, sitting in massage chairs, campaigning for president. We've got heat. We've got cold. We've got hot and cold running water.

No power. Power's still off. We're pumped. Pumping oil. Pumping to Playboy.

Here come our POWs. Flags and Texas. In excellent health. Coulda bin tortured.

In excellent spirits. Coulda bin brainwashed. Heroes. Took wrong turn. Coulda bin stoned. Ask Doctor Floyd. Ask Pink Floyd. Ask Christopher Hitchens.

You're on the air. Hitchen's bitchin. Lashing Liberals. Mr.Wet Noddle.

Please master. Ten more strokes. Let's celebrate. Ba1ath Party's washed up.

The Carwash Party. Here come the Christian Right. They're knocking on doors. Dissing Allah. Phoning during supper. Praise the Lord. Praise America.

Saddam's in Syria. Hitler's in Syria. That proves it. An ancient civilization.

Moved my cheese. It's 4:10 AM. There is no God. Over to Christiane. She's in a downpour. That's not her name. Is so. Her name's Armanpour. That's what I said.

Did not. Did so. I smell success. I smell gas. I smell something fishy.

It's Hal Hussein. Hussein Kamel. Kahlid Abdullah. Abdullah Kahlidi. He's doing a great job. He's a crook. He's brilliant. A fool. Statesman. Liar. It's a pilgrimage. A riot. Crusade. Gay Pride Parade. A demolition derby. Here's Maria.

Over to Tyler. It's good news. It's bad news. A whirlpool. A cesspool. Next on the list. Is no list. Is so. Is not. Everything's possible.

Stay Informed.

Wallace Gagne lives in Tokyo. He can be reached at: w-s-gagne@nifty.com

 

Yesterday's Features

Elaine Cassel
The Other War: Bush, Ashcroft and the End of Civil Liberties

Saul Landau
Iraq War: a Policy of Christian and Jewish Fundamentalism

William A. Cook
Sharon Recruits US as Mercenaries Against Syria

William S. Lind
Now the Real War Starts

John Chuckman
In Jesus's Name:
Franklin Graham's Christian Empire

David MacMichael and Ray McGovern
Ex-CIA Analysts on WMD: Where? Find? Plant?

Gary Leupp
Why the War on Iraq was (and Remains) Wrong

Robert Sandels
Cuba Crackdown: a Revolt Against Bush's National Security Strategy?

CounterPunch Wire
An Open Letter to Jerry Brown on Oakland Police Violence Against Peace Activists and Dock Workers

Mickey Z.
Our Ba'athists

Anthony Gancarski
Nader Plays Pullman

Scott Handleman
The Mumia Abu-Jamal Case in Its True Colors

Claud Cockburn
Evelyn Waugh's Ear Trumpet

Poets' Basement
Matt Simon, Sam Hamod, Hammond Guthrie and Stew Albert

Steve Perry
Bush's War Web Log 4/26

 

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