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'03 Analysis/Opinion

December 2003

Two Years On, Who's Winning the 'War on Terror'?

12/30/2003 The U.S. military, intelligence, and security forces have developed a wide range of methods for pursuing their "war on terror" since the attacks of September 11, 2001. But author and peace studies professor Paul Rogers examines the situations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the battle with al Qaeda, and asks which forces are evolving faster?

A Manifesto for Peace

12/30/2003

Peace © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

"We are the first generation making decisions that will determine whether we will be the last generation," opens the final statement from the recently concluded Fourth Global Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, laying out a compendium of ethics and policies to seed global peace and prosperity.

The Bumpy Road towards Social Justice

12/29/2003 Despite the positive spin put on November's FTAA negotiations in Miami by Brazilian and U.S. trade representatives, the meeting was a failure and the proposed expansion of NAFTA has been derailed, says Jubilee USA's Morrigan Phillips, who was in Miami. But increasing police presence at peaceful protests and the demonization of the movement is worrisome for social justice advocates.

Sudan: Looking Forward to Peace

12/29/2003

Sudanese children © Adrian Arbib

Ongoing peace talks have raised expectations for an end to Africa's longest-running civil war, which has taken the lives of approximately two million Sudanese and plunged the bulk of the country's 38 million inhabitants into poverty. Throughout the country hope is growing that peace will come soon, bringing education, development, normalcy, and a return home for millions.

Middle East: Dodging the Question

12/23/2003 A journalism professor lets the skunk into the room and gets dissed by Sen. Porter Goss, chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Goss artfully declined to explain why Washington spends billions on bombing Iraq, when instead the U.S. could make a point in the Middle East by helping Palestinians to rebuild their homes and lives.

The Spontaneous Christmas Truce of 1914

12/23/2003

Peace dove © Fundació per la Pau

On Christmas Day, 1914, thousands of German, British, and French soldiers disobeyed their superiors to fraternize with "the enemy." Holding Christmas trees with signs saying "You no shoot, we no shoot," they streamed across no-man's land to sing Christmas carols, exchange photographs of loved ones back home, share rations, play football, even roast some pigs. We could use a little of that spirit today, writes author David Stratman.

Pakistan: Rife with Contradictions

12/22/2003 Pakistan is a moderate and modern Muslim state, run by a dictator claiming to be a moderate and modern Muslim, supported by virtually all the world but isolated at home. This view from Karachi explains how last week's assassination attempt against Pres. Pervez Musharrref fits into this picture.

China's Self-Sufficiency in Food Disappearing Fast

12/22/2003

Rice needs water © Adrian Arbib

In just a few years--perhaps even next year--the U.S. may be sharing its grain harvest with China's 1.3 billion inhabitants, warns veteran environmentalist Lester Brown. China's vast cropland is yielding less and less as the water table drops due to climate change.

An African Vision of 2003

12/19/2003 South African Patrick Burnett imagines the year that might have been--oh, what year! Reparations for slavery, an end to debt payments and agricultural subsidies, and all the resources needed to fight HIV-AIDS.

Afghanistan: All Power to the Mujahedin?

12/19/2003

Burhanuddin Rabbani © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

Former mujahedin leaders are set to heavily influence Afghanistans future constitution, after being chosen to head five of ten working groups at the Loya Jirga that will now debate the proposed constitution in detail. Their power is such that other delegates will hesitate to oppose them, write two observers.

Few Benefits Accrue from Saddam's Capture

12/18/2003 Iraq's failure to cooperate with the U.S. was not due to fear that Saddam Hussein would return to power, but rather fear of the repercussions of cooperating with an occupying power, writes Stephen Zunes. Thus Saddam's arrest will do little to help occupation forces; nor is it likely to create a breakthrough in the pursuit of international justice.

The Dirty Little Secrets of U.S.-Iraq Relations

12/18/2003

What Iraqis think © In These Times

Understanding and passing judgment on today's U.S. occupation of Iraq demands a grasp of some 30 years of history, replete with secret meetings and hidden agendas--mostly involving U.S. interests in Middle East oil. Investigative journalist Robert Parry provides the background in an article prepared before the U.S. went to war.

Mass Media Coverage of Iraq War Creates More Lies, Misunderstanding

12/17/2003 Simplistic, selective, and nationalistic mass media coverage of the capture of Saddam Hussein is reinforcing the myths surrounding the war and occupation for American audiences and further alienating the U.S. from the Muslim world, argues New York Times reporter Chris Hedges. How often do we hear about what Iraqis think and feel?

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From: TomPaine.com
Related: [Iraq] [Communication] [Media] [Codes of Conduct]

Iraqis Apprehensive about Their Future

12/17/2003

What do ordinary Iraqis think?

Many Iraqi "men in the street" had equally harsh words for their former ruler and for the United States, expressing a mix of hope and despair after Hussein was taken into custody, according to this report from an American Friends Service Committee correspondent.

Neocons: On the Way Out?

12/16/2003

On the way out?

James Baker's move into a new office in the White House could be the signal for some of the administration's most virulent neocons to move out, writes Jim Lobe. The decision to put Baker in charge of efforts to obtain debt forgiveness for Iraq could foreshadow a pre-electoral change in tack for the Bush administration, with possibly broad implications for foreign policy.

Gov't Cites 'National Interest' in Probe of International Studies

12/16/2003 A bill recently passed in the U.S. House and soon to be taken up by the Senate would give the federal government powers to scrutinize and limit funding for the study of cultures outside the United States, especially Middle East studies.

Globalization: Plus or Minus for Indigenous Peoples?

12/15/2003 The growing mobilization of indigenous peoples in Latin America, writes the World Bank's Vice President for the region David de Ferranti, may be the key to overcoming historical marginalization and poverty, and could force governments to carry out much-needed policy changes. But de Ferranti argues that indigenous groups can gain from globalization--an argument rejected by many (See News).

Hussein Capture Won't Bring Peace, Security

12/15/2003

The capture of Saddam Hussein will do little to stem the tide of violence in Iraq or ensure greater security in the United States, argues William Rivers Pitt, author of War on Iraq, because Iraqis don't want American overlords, and it was Osama bin Laden--not Hussein--that planned the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Anti-Globalization Movement: Its Future, Our Future

12/12/2003

"We warned that as globalization proceeded, its economically and socially destabilizing effects would multiply conflicts and insecurities...It gave us no pleasure that we were proved right," said civil society leader Walden Bello, discussing the past, present, and future of the movement against corporate-driven globalization at the Right Livelihood Award ceremony in Sweden this week.

Bush Iraq Policy Marked By Increasing Incoherence

12/12/2003

At the same moment that President Bush was personally asking key European and other leaders to forgive tens of billions of dollars in Iraq's crushing debt Wednesday, the Pentagon announced that companies from the same countries will not be permitted to bid on $18 billion in reconstruction contracts there. This is just the most recent example of an increasingly incoherent Bush administration Iraq policy, says analyst Jim Lobe.

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