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Alison Mitchel
The Senate voted overwhelmingly early this morning to authorize President Bush to use force against Iraq, joining with the House in giving him a broad mandate to act against Saddam Hussein. [more]
" 'Should Saddam conclude that a U.S.-led attack could no longer be deterred, he probably would become much less constrained in adopting terrorist action,' the deputy C.I.A. director, John McLaughlin, continued. He noted that Mr. Hussein could use either conventional terrorism or a weapon of mass destruction as 'his last chance to exact vengeance by taking a large number of victims with him.' " [more]
"The two Congressional resolutions were non-binding, but they put the legislative branch of the American government on record as backing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's military steps, even as President Bush was calling on Israel to end its 'occupation' of several Palestinian towns and calling on Yasir Arafat to show more leadership." [more]
"President Bush, at his ranch in Texas, said he was not surprised that Congress wanted to take a strong stand in support of Israel. But he said, 'I also hope Congress recognizes we've got interests in the area as well beyond Israel ó that we have good relationships with the Saudis and Jordanians and the Egyptians, and our foreign policy is aimed to do that.' " [more]
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(Reuters, Dec 18)
"Federal prison officers in Brooklyn physically and verbally abused immigrants detained after the Sept. 11 attacks, slamming them against the wall and painfully twisting their arms and hands, the U.S. Justice Department's inspector general said on Thursday." [more]
(STAFF, DEBKAfile, Dec 14)
"Saddam was seized, possibly with the connivance of his own men, and held in that hole in Adwar for three weeks or more, which would have accounted for his appearance and condition. Meanwhile, his captors bargained for the $25m prize the Americans promised for information leading to his capture alive or dead." [more] |
This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.
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