Stories from 2002-09-03
"Although it is not clear how much gold has been moved, U.S. and European officials said the quantity was significant and was an important indicator that the al Qaeda network and members of Afghanistan's deposed Taliban militia still had access to large financial reserves." [more]
"European, Pakistani and US agents told The Washington Post that most of the valuable cargo passed through Iran and the UAE." [more]
Iraq's statment "comes as US threats against Iraq continue to attract international criticism and amid signs of a growing rift within the Bush administration on the issue of a military strike." [more]
"Half of all Americans say the First Amendment 'goes too far' in the rights it guarantees -- a 10 percentage point increase in barely a year and more than double the proportion that offered a similarly negative view just two years ago, according to a survey by the First Amendment Center." [more]
"European Union governments are secretly drawing up a treaty with the US on issues ranging from extradition to undercover police operations in a move which has huge implications for individual rights and liberties." [more]
"Without seeking formal approval from either Congress or the courts, the Bush administration has taken steps to establish military trials for foreign terror suspects, designated two U.S. citizens as 'enemy combatants' who may be held indefinitely without charge and ordered secret deportation hearings for suspected terrorists." [more]
"Israel's Supreme Court has approved the expulsion of relatives of a Palestinian militant from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. Palestinian officials called the decision a 'black day for human rights' and said they might file a complaint with the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court." [more]
"Russia and Pakistan warned Monday that an American attack on Iraq would destabilize the Islamic world, after Secretary of State Colin Powell said that the 'first step' to avoid an attack should be the return of UN arms inspectors to Baghdad." [more]
"Iran is a key player in US efforts to bring peace to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And its 66 million people appear far more interested in stability and growth than exporting revolution and terrorism. Iran also needs more democracy to possibly ensure it doesn't develop nuclear weapons." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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