World Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

Chemical weapon use by US forces in Iraq confirmed

16-11-2005 11:34 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Evidence of chemical weapon use by US forces in their attack on Fallujah is overwhelming.

Man to stand trial because police said he lied?

16-11-2005 04:56 | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | Repression | World

So if the authorities believe someone you know poses a terrorist risk - then if they interview you in alleged connection to their belief - and if police believe that you lied about it - then you can follow old mate here and prove you didn't lie or go to jail? Or be refused bail anyway and go to jail until you prove otherwise - after being isolated in AAA maximum-security with no fresh air or sunlight 'indefinitely' and get drip-fed through the courts?

Clueless torturer Straw attacks "preposterous and demeaning" Cherie Blair

13-11-2005 12:18 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | World

"Impunity" Jack has put his foot in his mouth AGAIN with a vehement, virulent and accidental attack on Tony Blair's wife. Straw blasted former ambassador Meyer's description of John Major being briefed in his briefs as "preposterous", without realising that exactly the same story had appeared in Cherie's book "The Goldfish Bowl", with Meyer as the source!

Israeli security expert confirms prior knowledge of bomb in Jordan

11-11-2005 22:40 | Anti-militarism | World

A quote from a former senior Israeli security official poses questions about this week's hotel bombings in Amman.
What did the Israeli govt know, and when did they know it?
Could they have stopped the bombings?
Why weren't non-Israelis evacuated?

Terror suspects 'kept in dark'

"They're all kept in solitary confinement, they're kept in Guantanamo Bay style conditions and they're very oppressive," he said.

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More proof of white phosphorus use in Iraq

10-11-2005 21:30 | Anti-militarism | Health | World

More evidence of the use of White Phosphorus shells in Iraq, from Infantry Magazine:

The Champ would not have been silent

10-11-2005 21:29 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | World

Muhammad Ali would have rapped against GW Bush at that ‘event’ in the USA

On the news item about MUHAMMAD Ali being 'honoured' by GW Bush

10-11-2005 20:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | World

The truth that Muhammad Ail would have fought to uphold today would have been about GW Bush's own wrongdoing and violations and aggressions in all parts of the world as well as his violations of millions of peopel in the USA... But Ali is not speaking .......

US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as Weapon

10-11-2005 12:39 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | Health | World

The claim by the US Government that White Phosphorus was used "only for illumination" at Fallujah has been pre-emptively debunked by the US Army.

Bali bomber? Azahari dead?

10-11-2005 08:33 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | World

Sorry to tell everyone out there in TV land but there is more to this than meets the air waves and because it is claimed Husin was cornered by police in East Jave means you have to trust the Indonesian police?

US govt lies over deadly virus handling

09-11-2005 21:47 | Anti-militarism | Bio-technology | Health | World

Officials seem to have quietly reversed an assurance they gave last month -- that a killer virus recently recreated by scientists would stay in a secure government facility.

Prime Minister Guilty of Sedition

08-11-2005 12:07 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Wanda Fish calls on constitutional and civil libertarian lawyers to mount a case against Federal and State Governments for conspiring to overturn basic constitutional rights with the Anti-Terrorism Bill 2005. These proposed laws break internationally recognised treaties on human rights, overturn the fundamental principle of presumption of innocence, and seriously threaten free speech and protest.

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ASIO fishing expedition makes arrests

08-11-2005 11:43 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Anti-racism | World

Are you satisfied truthseeker? Well I'm not this is just another public relations exercise that no one can prove. But trust us we know best?

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Video: English Version from Italian TV: US Chemical Weapons Attack on Iraqi Civi

08-11-2005 01:19 | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

"Bodies Melted Away Before Us."

Fallujah: "Bodies melted away before us."

08-11-2005 00:15 | Anti-militarism | Globalisation | World

White Phosphorus sticks to the skin, and burns the victims' flesh away to the bones. It's banned under the Geneva Convention. US forces have used White Phosphorus and Napalm, another weapon banned under the Geneva Convention, in the recent action against Fallujah.

Alternative Mar del Plata Declaration for the Summit of the Americas

07-11-2005 17:57 | Anti-militarism | World

Alternative Mar del Plata Declaration for the Summit of the Americas

US MILITARISM AND US Contribution to GLOBAL INSECURITY
Joan Russow (PhD)
Global Compliance Research Project

The US Ballistic missile scheme and many other actions by the US, and other states, by corporations, by institutions, and individuals have provoked directly or indirectly conflict around the world.

Time to condemn: the following are 52+ actions, primarily those of the US administration and US corporations but aided and abetted by institutions and individuals, that have to be addressed if the global community is to eliminate global insecurity and to be able to promote true security: common security.

Violating International Law

07-11-2005 14:39 | Anti-militarism | World

The war of the US government agaisnt Iraq is based on a legal model without precedent in international law. In the past, the threatened party had to prove that an attack on it was unjustified.. The US uses the "three strikes" maxim, cumula-tive crimes, to change international law and theburden of proof

Police State Not Enough - Army On Its Way

06-11-2005 23:14 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Repression | World

Although the changes are being wheeled as part of the preparation to protect us from a terrorist attack - when you look at what Hill actually says its clear that the Government is trying to make it easier to militarise the streets not just in the event of terrorism but also for protests.