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Here's a selection of what the American Marxist Press is saying about the war: At Intersection, Army's Mission Turns To Chaos (Washington Post, April 8, 2003, Pg. 1) As Army troops barreled into the heart of Baghdad, a unit from the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division was ordered to hold onto a key cloverleaf in the southern part of the city. The mission sounded routine, but it quickly turned into five hours of killing and fiery chaos after an Iraqi rocket-propelled grenade slammed into a U.S. ammunition truck at the intersection. At least two soldiers of the 3rd...

Marc Edwards could not be more appalled as he watches President Bush push ahead with plans for war. If the United States invades Iraq, a disproportionate number of blacks will be among the troops, said the 45-year-old Harlem resident. Other minorities will be the war's victims, he said, adding that black families will be especially hard hit by its costs. "It's a war that's threatening to send this economy reeling and that's going to really hurt black people," Edwards, a bookstore marketing supervisor, said while standing on 125th Street. As Bush and his Cabinet continue trying to line up support...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Dec. 31 — U.N. arms inspectors fanned out Tuesday to eight sites suspected of involvement in the making of banned weapons, as an Iraqi Cabinet minister warned the United States of "the heaviest losses" if it attacks.The sites visited included an engineering company owned by the state Military Industry Corporation, a military chemical unit west of the capital Baghdad, an oil research center, an electronics factory that produces components such as transistors and a medical research center.The United States accuses Iraq of stockpiling mass destruction weapons and says it will use force if necessary to disarm Iraq if...