World Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

Taking Aim: Brzezinski Breaks Rank Over The Pending Nuclear Attack On Iran

One hour radio show from Ralph Schoenman and Mya Shone on the threat of a US attack on Iran. Recorded on Feburary 12th 2007.

Stop the execution of three Iraqi women who resist the occupation

15-02-2007 22:56 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

The executions of what they call " terrorists" and " criminals" in their dozens have been going on over a year now. A public execution took place in Mosul City, North of Iraq, two months ago. However, this is the first time we hear about sentencing women to death.

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And the Iranian Mortar Story Keeps Growing

15-02-2007 22:15 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Why is it that apparently, the only arms of Iranian military contractors who don’t have a website in Arabic or Farsi are those whose products are the target of American accusation? Something is afoot, yet I know not what…

Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment—Part 2

15-02-2007 21:24 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Shortly after the US-led invasion of 2001, international donors committed roughly US$5 billion for Afghan reconstruction.

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The strange case of the Australian PM and the American Senator

15-02-2007 20:49 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

These issues are being deliberately censored because the entire Australian political and media establishment is complicit in the war crimes of the Bush administration and the Howard government.

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Afghanistan - Canadian Senate Report Excerpted

15-02-2007 18:07 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Anyone expecting to see the emergence in Afghanistan within the next several decades of a recognizable modern democracy ... is dreaming in Technicolor.

Chris Alexander (former Ambassador to Afghanistan) said it would take 5 generations of effort to make a difference in Afghanistan.

Czechs protest outside Parliament against missile shield plans .

15-02-2007 18:04 | Anti-militarism | World

Cold War Catalyst

beirut, baghdad, zahedan: is there a connection between these bombing incidents?

15-02-2007 09:23 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

It is curious that the blast in Zahedan follows two separate bombing incidents.

Fool Us Twice? From Iraq to Iran

15-02-2007 01:10 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

It's déja vu. This time the Bush gang wants war with Iran . Following a carefully orchestrated strategy, they have ratcheted up the "threat" from Iran , designed to mislead us into a new war four years after they misled us into Iraq .

Three women sentenced to death for carrying out Resistance attacks

15-02-2007 00:47 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

In a dispatch posted at 3:33pm Makkah time Saturday afternoon, Mafkarat al-Islam (Islammemo) reported that the puppet "Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court" has ordered the execution of three Iraqi women on charges of involvement in Resistance attacks in Baghdad. The puppet "court" called such Resistance activity "terrorism."

Iran 81mm Mortar Story: Twists, Turns, and Eating Crow

14-02-2007 23:46 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Mike Rivero of the news site What Really Happened has completed a bit of investigative work into the supposed death merchant allegedly responsible for cranking out 81mm mortars, said to be in the arsenal of Iraq’s Shi’a militias.

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Thousands in Germany, Italy are told they will be Deploying in mid-2007

14-02-2007 22:49 | Anti-militarism | Iraq | Terror War | World

Some 8,500 soldiers from 43 units in Germany and Italy have received official word that they will be deploying to either Iraq or Afghanistan later this year, U.S. Army Europe officials announced Monday.

Afghanistan under occupation: An assessment—Part 1

14-02-2007 20:57 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Living conditions for Afghanistan’s 7.5 million city dwellers has also deteriorated in the past five years. Most of the urban population (which is estimated to double to around 13 million by 2015) is concentrated in Kabul, Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Jalalabad and Kunduz. All six cities have devastated infrastructures from almost three decades of conflict. Pressures on them have been exacerbated over the past few years by the combined influx of returning refugees, impoverished rural migrants and displaced sections of the population, often fleeing the fighting in the south and east of the country.

Military-Industrial Complex

14-02-2007 13:18 | Anti-militarism | World

The fusion of the new American patriotism with religious fundamentalism developed into the most powerful legitimation resource for continuing the MIC.. Stability and containing conflict in the Middle East are obviously not the goals of the neoconservatives.

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John Howard: Profile of a Coward

14-02-2007 12:15 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Other Press | World

The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has managed to gain some international attention after his hysterical attack on presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The seasoned Australian politician knowingly stated that a victory for Obama OR the Democrats would be a victory for al-Qaeda, “I mean, if I we're running al-Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and pray as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats”.

Australian militants 'prepared' for Afghanistan anti-occupation resistance

14-02-2007 02:05 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Because when you occupy a sovereign nation you have to include your own protection group, that is, if you want to allegedly reconstruct something that you may have destroyed upon arrival?

Stand up against BBC's support for US war propaganda on Iran

14-02-2007 00:45 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

As the US is deploying a massive armada in the Persian Gulf to threaten Iran, the BBC ‘s top in-depth news programme has supported the totally unfounded US propaganda against the five employees of the Iranian consulate in Arbil arrested after the US forces raid last week.

"From the Wonderful Folks Who Brought You Iraq"

13-02-2007 21:58 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Craig Unger on How the Neoconservatives Are Pushing For An Attack on Iran

Russian President Putin lambastes US foreign policy

13-02-2007 21:09 | Analysis | Anti-militarism | Terror War | World

Just a few hours after the opening of this year’s 43rd annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the organization’s motto of “peace through dialogue” proved to be worth less than the paper it was printed on. Instead, the word “drumbeat” was the one most frequently heard to describe the proceedings, while others spoke of a “fiery speech” and even of a “new Cold War.”

Civil War in Iraq

13-02-2007 12:49 | Anti-militarism | World

The National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) contradicts assertions of the White House that Iran and Syria are playing an important role in Iraq. "Actors from the outside do not decisively influence the violence and the prospects for stability."