Like United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix believes he was 'bugged' by British and US intelligence during the Iraq crisis. Ewan MacAskill reports.

The gangs terrorizing Haitians are reportedly armed with US-made M-16s, recently sent by the US to the Dominican Republic. These gangs are linked to groups financed by the Bush Administration: the right-wing Convergence for Democracy and the pro-business Group of 184. Yifat Susskind reports.

From the Mayor of Qalqilya, an account of living inside what is becoming Humanity's Greatest Prison; i.e., Israel's "Separation Wall".

Betrayal of US GIs and veterans continues in the so-called 'war on terrorism'. Promises that soldiers would be greeted with flowers as liberators disintegrate as more die in the guerrilla warfare that tells the GIs they're not wanted in Iraq. Howard Zinn comments.

Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war
· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years
· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism

Stan Goff, author of "Hideous Dream: A Soldier's Memoir of the US Invasion of Haiti", comments on the current situation, the paramilitaries, and US manipulation.

From Gazeta.Ru: February 20, 2004 10:21
Russia says new missile will beat any U.S. defences
"Russia has developed ballistic missile technology that can outwit any defensive system, a top Russian general said on Thursday ...
"First Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel-General Yury Baluyevsky said that during large-scale military exercises on Wednesday, Russia had test-launched a missile system that could manoeuvre in mid-flight, allowing it to dodge defences. ... "

"It's Time to Get Over It": Kerry Tells Anti-War Movement to Move On

By MARK HAND 02/18/04:
"Researchers and investigative reporters are fascinated with the neoconservatives, that group of American empire peddlers who turned George W. Bush into a junkie war criminal. A similar group, the New Democrats, has been pushing its own dangerous brand of U.S. hegemony but with much less fanfare.

"The leading mouthpiece for the New Democrats' radical interventionist program could be our next president. John Kerry, the frontrunner in the quest for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, has been promoting a foreign policy perspective called "progressive internationalism. ... "