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Stories from 2003-07-31

Advertising Meets Activism

Felicia Feaster | Creative Loafing Atlanta | July 31, 2003

"Just as all spontaneous, renegade forms of expression are hijacked by corporate culture, jamming is now being appropriated by corporations in its efforts to sell product." [more]

Do Not Use 45-Minute Claim, CIA Said

Richard Norton-Taylor and David Leigh | Guardian | July 31, 2003

"The disclosure by the Foreign Office makes it plain the CIA's objections went far beyond the well-aired dispute over whether Iraq was seeking uranium from the west African state of Niger." [more]

Iraq War 'Boost' to Qaeda Fears

STAFF | British Broadcasting Corporation | July 31, 2003

"In its latest report, the House of Commons foreign affairs committee also argues that nearly two years on from the 11 September atrocity it cannot conclude the threat from al-Qaeda has diminished." [more]

Muslims Challenge Constitutionality of Patriot Act

Eric Lichtblau | New York Times | July 31, 2003

"The lawsuit comes after months of increasingly sharp political debate in Washington and around the country over the act. In May, Democrats beat back a move to extend the law past 2005, and last week, the House voted to scale back a 'sneak and peak' provision in the law." [more]

Scientists Still Deny Iraqi Arms Programs

Walter Pincus and Kevin Sullivan | Washington Post | July 31, 2003

"So far, the United States has discovered no undisputed physical evidence that Hussein had stocks of chemical or biological weapons or was reconstituting his nuclear weapons program." [more]

Sidestepping on Iraq

EDITORIAL | New York Times | July 31, 2003

"The president and his advisers obviously still believe that the constant repetition of several simplistic points will hypnotize the American people into forgetting the original question." [more]

Some of Army's Civilian Contractors Are No-Shows in Iraq

David Wood | Newhouse News Service | July 31, 2003

"Though conditions have improved, the problems raise new concerns about the Pentagon's growing global reliance on defense contractors for everything from laundry service to combat training and aircraft maintenance." [more]

Transfer the Administration of Iraq to the UN

Stephen Zunes | Foreign Policy in Focus | July 31, 2003

"Public opinion polls published during the first week of July indicate that 60% of the American public believes that the United Nations should take leadership in post-war Iraq." [more]

US Scraps Nuclear Weapons Watchdog

Julian Borger | Guardian | July 31, 2003

"Hawks in the Pentagon and the energy department are pushing for the development of tactical nuclear weapons with yields of less than 5 kilotons and hardened 'bunker buster' nuclear bombs, designed to penetrate deeply buried targets, where enemy leaders or weaponsmay be hidden." [more]

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