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NPR Interviews Sulaiman Al-Hattlan, columnist for the Saudi daily paper Al Watan in Ryadd. He is also a Harvard Professor of Middle East Studies. Saudi Arabia to Hold First-Ever Elections The last question asked of Sulaiman Al-Hattlan: Q: “One last question- when the US began this war against Iraq in the spring a lot of writers and analysts were saying this might help generate a kind of wave of democratic freedom throughout the region. Is there any connection between the US war against Iraq and Saddam and this kind of nascent democratic flowering in and Saudi Arabia?” Answer: ”The discourse...

Shock and awe campaign routs liberals Liberals are no longer a threat to the nation. The new media have defeated them with free speech – the very freedom these fifth columnists hide behind whenever their speech gets them in hot water with the American people. Today, the truth is instantly available on the Internet, talk radio and Fox News Channel. No wonder liberals accuse Matt Drudge of absurd sodomic acts, call Rush Limbaugh a "big fat idiot," and say "really stupid people" watch Fox News Channel – as anti-war actress Janeane Garofalo said between assuring us that Saddam Hussein has...

US Marine commander relieved of post in Iraq Fri Apr 4,10:11 AM ET Add Mideast - AFP to My Yahoo! SOUTH EAST OF BAGHDAD (AFP) - A US commander who was leading a push by Marines through southern Iraq (news - web sites) towards Baghdad was relieved of his post for an undisclosed reason, a US military spokesman told AFP. AFP Photo Latest news: · Artillery Fire Echoes Over Southwest Baghdad Reuters - 8 minutes ago · US President Bush to visit Northern Ireland to discuss Iraq war AFP - 19 minutes ago · First U.S. Journalist Killed in Iraq...

efreedomnews         WAR ON TERRORISM - AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE War ReportJonathan Rhodes27 March 2003 consolidation/preparation   Supply Problems:Pockets of Resistance:Redeployment of Forces:Reconnaissance: Fight for Public Opinion It was quiet today - too quiet. The great battle is yet to come. Saddam feels the pressure of being trapped. Iraqi diplomats at the UN- soon to be ex-diplomats -  hoping to shape world opinion, are setting timelines and threatening US deaths in Baghdad . We recommend you pay no attention to that. Take a step back and reassess. That is what the US Military is doing. Unfortunately, that leaves a news...

<p>Seven U.S. service personnel and 14 British soldiers have lost their lives in Iraq and Kuwait since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to the Pentagon. The casualty list below reflects the names of the personnel whose families have been notified.</p>

***VIA CNBC... Reports that Pentagon says MAJOR AIR STRIKE OVER IRAQ IS Immenent...Fasten your seat belts.prisoner6

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lights, camera, action! ... a helmet and flak jacket would be very useful, too. If a war breaks out in Iraq (news - web sites), the U.S. Navy (news - web sites) and Marine Corps plan to film soldiers on the front lines of battle and bring their stories to movie audiences in video spots similar to the old Movietone film reels made during World War II, people involved with the effort said on Wednesday. The idea, explained Marine Lt. Colonel James Kuhn, is to show people the real images of war and put a human...

My Enemy Is Your Enemy By Daryl L. Hunter My enemy is your enemy therefore you are my friend. That is why we allied with Stalin our ideological enemy in 1939 and gave him billions of dollars of munitions during WW2. Hitler partnered with the Japanese not because he included Asians in his master race concept or because they shared the same worldview; he worked with them despite his ideology because they were the enemy of the United States therefore his friend. In the 80's we armed Saddam Hussein in his war against Iran. Our enemy (Iran) was Saddam's enemy...

Jessica Lange is against it. So is Susan Sarandon.Bonnie Raitt's not in favor of bombing Baghdad. Neither are Michael Stipe, Madonna and Martin Sheen, who plays a president on television but thinks the real one is a "moron.''When it comes to the impending war on Iraq, a phalanx of famous faces is speaking out against it. Which means that everything they say is being blasted by pro-war pundits, who believe celebrities should confine their opinions to the Zone diet and stay out of demilitarized zones.Take for instance the shellacking that singer Sheryl Crow recently got after appearing at the...

Liberal Americans Celebrate Saddam's Dictatorship’s Birthday in Iraq. On Revolution Day, Iraqis Await New Conflict Revolution Day in Iraq marks the 1963 events that thrust Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party into power. Amid the celebrations in Tikrit -- Saddam's hometown -- Iraqis brace for a U.S. attack. Hear NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's Anne Garrels. The liberal community outreach program NPR celebrated the birth of Saddam's dictatorship in Tikrit , Iraq. NPR’s Coverage of the happy day in Saddam’s violent rise to dictatorship NPR foreign correspondent Anne Garrels exchanged “Happy Revolution day!” salutations with Scott Simon while covering the event celebrating...

What The Coming War Is Really About By J.J. Johnson Published 02. 6. 03 at 23:10 Sierra Time xxx This analysis may be troublesome to some, even considered treasonous by others. But before this nation commits thousands of troops and billions of dollars into this middle-eastern conflict, this author would like to go on record about the United States and it’s relationship with the rest of the world. Let me say first (for the record) that I am still against the upcoming war with Iraq in its current form. If we do go to war, I will support our troops,...

Teachers Union Passes Iraq ResolutionThe American Federation of Teachers, the nation's second-largest teachers union, passed a resolution Friday strongly supporting American and international efforts to disarm Saddam Hussein. "AFT supports the U.N. resolution with the hope that war can be avoided, but with sober recognition that military conflict may become unavoidable as a last resort," the resolution said. The resolution passed the union's executive council by an overwhelming margin, despite stated concerns that President Bush is pursuing "a partisan domestic agenda at a time of war." The statement called for any military action to be followed by a Marshall Plan-style...