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TOP STORY US opens fire into Iraqi crowd (Al Jazeera, Qatar) April 15, 2003 At least 10 people were shot dead and scores of others wounded when US forces opened fire on a crowd that had gathered to listen to a US-appointed local governor in the northern Iraqi town of Mosul on Tuesday. "US more keen on oil that Iraqi people" by Ruben Banerjee (Al Jazeera, Qatar) April 15, 2003 Deeply concerned over the anarchic turn of events in Iraq, Amnesty International charged the US-led forces on Tuesday with being more concerned about Iraqi oil well than the Iraqi people. Dyncorp Rent-a-Cops May Head to Post-Saddam Iraq by Pratap Chatterjee (CorpWatch, USA/India) April 9, 2003 A major military contractor - already under fire for alleged human rights violations and fraud - may get a multi-million dollar contract to police post-Saddam Iraq. Egyptian Intellectual Speaks Of the Arab World's Despair by Susan Sachs (New York Times, USA) April 6, 2003 Early in the morning, while most of Cairo is asleep, Ahmed Kamal Aboulmagd watches the war on television and despairs over the path taken by the United States. Hospitals admit 100 cases every hour (Al Jazeera, Qatar) April 8, 2003 As patients flood sanctions-hit hospitals, doctors say patients "are receiving strange and unknown injuries, which appear to confirm that coalition forces are using new kind of bombs" Should a U.S. Weapons Maker Govern Iraq? by Paolo Pontoniere (Pacific News, USA) April 8, 2003 Few in North America know that American Jay Garner has been selected to govern Iraq after Saddam Hussein is ousted. It's even less reported that Garner is also the president of an arms corporation which supplies the U.S. and Israeli armies. Red Cross: Thousands of wounded in Iraq by Nicholas M. Horrock (United Press International, USA) April 6, 2003 The plight of civilians in Iraq is "extremely critical" with thousands of wounded and dozens of dead recorded by hospitals over the past three days, a spokesman for the International Red Cross told United Press International Sunday. Bring the War Home by Sarah Ferguson (Alternet, USA) April 4, 2003 Following MLK's legacy, the peace movement begins to shift the focus from peace to justice. Rumsfeld 'offered help to Saddam' by Julian Borger (The Guardian, UK) Dec 31, 2002 Declassified papers leave the White House hawk exposed over his role during the Iran-Iraq war. The images they choose, and choose to ignore by Robert Jensen (Al Jazeera, Qatar) April 9, 2003 Perhaps we should be cautious about what we infer from the pictures of celebration that we are seeing; joy over the removal of Hussein does not mean joy over an American occupation Editorial: Ominous Signs (Arab News, Saudi Arabia) April 10, 2003 With the Iraqi war appearing to have moved into its final stages, the question that now raises its ugly head is: Who is next? Which countries figure on the list of states George Bush believes need decapitating. Overwhelming Baghdad (The Hindu, India) April 10, 2003 The speed and effectiveness with which the U.S. forces have tightened their grip on Baghdad have been extremely striking. The larger issue, however, is the extraordinary human cost of this aggressive push into Iraq. They shoot journalists, don't they? Dan Mariano(ABS-CBN News, Phillipines) April 9, 2003 Intentional or not, the killing of journalists by US forces has made all the more difficult America's stated objective of winning the peace in Iraq and the rest of the Middle East. Mesopotamia. Babylon. The Tigris and Euphrates by Arundhati Roy (Guardian, UK) April 2, 2003 On the steel torsos of their missiles, adolescent American soldiers scrawl colourful messages in childish handwriting: For Saddam, from the Fat Boy Posse. A building goes down. A marketplace. A home. A girl who loves a boy. A child who only ever wanted to play with his older brother's marbles. Arabs Watching a Colonizer Army, Not 'Liberation' by Rami Khouri (Pacific News, USA) April 2, 2003 Beyond the suicide bombing attack on U.S. troops in Iraq lies the dangerous dynamic of an occupying army and the resistance it generates. Fear and Loathing by Judy Rebick (Rabble) Dec 20, 2002 Anti-semitism is on the rise, and Jews who oppose Israel’s persecution of the Palestinian people must speak out if we are to find a way to work together across difference. Bush Doctrine 2.0 by Mark Fiore (MarkFiore.com) June 18, 2002 Check out this U.S. cartoonist's satire of George W. Bush's pre-emptive strike policy (the idea that the U.S. should attack Iraq before it does anything bad).Support for war high in G-7, low elsewhere (Globe & Mail) December 22, 2001 People living in the world's seven richest countries are more likely to support the U.S.-led war on terrorism in Afghanistan than those in nations that don't have close economic ties with the United States, a new poll has found. Groups Fear U.S. Aid for Poorest Countries May Go To Afghanistan (OneWorld.net) December 20, 2001 A coalition of 160 United States-based nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) is asking President George W. Bush to substantially increase aid to impoverished countries next year to ensure that money for reconstruction of Afghanistan does not come at the expense of other needy nations. Mandela warns against Iraq strikes (BBC World News) December 3, 2001
Amnesty International dismayed at UK rejection of massacre inquiry (Amnesty International) November 30, 2001 Amnesty International is dismayed that the United Kingdom has rejected calls for an urgent inquiry into the deaths of prisoners and others in Qala-i-Jhangi, which may be the bloodiest incident of the war in Afghanistan. Antiterrorism bill will create chill on freedoms , Hugh Winsor (Globe & Mail) November 22, 2001 The Canadian government has passed its anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-36. Despite concessions to remove some controversial elements from the bill, other threats to civil liberties remain. Focus on war crimes accountability (Integrated Regional Information Network, United Nations) November 16, 2001 With emerging reports of massacres in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif, debate persists over whether warlords and fighters should be held accountable for war crimes committed. Concern over Afghan massacre reports (BBC) November 14, 2001
US buys up all satellite war images (Guardian Unlimited, UK) October 17 The Pentagon has spent millions of dollars to prevent western media from seeing highly accurate civilian satellite pictures of the effects of bombing in Afghanistan, it was revealed yesterday. Red Cross aid warehouses bombed by US (International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)) October 16
UN High Commissioner for Refugees worried about US bombing campaign (Radio Netherlands) October 16
Anti-war protesters rally in London (BBC News) October 13
Amnesty International calls for prompt investigation into civilian deaths (Amnesty International) Amnesty International has expressed serious concern at the killing of civilians in the context of attacks on Afghanistan UN workers killed in bombing near Kabul (CBC) October 9 The U.S. retaliation for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington has claimed its first confirmed civilian deaths. Students defend controversial UBC professor, David Ball (The Martlet) September 27
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela warns the United States and Britain not to extend their military campaign to Iraq.
International bodies say they have received reports of revenge killings by Afghan opposition forces sweeping into areas once held by the Taleban.
US bombed Red Cross warehouses in Kabul today, destroying humanitarian aid supplies and injuring one worker
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, has expressed concern about the continuing military strikes against Afghanistan.
Thousands of anti-war protesters have marched through London in a demonstration against the military air strikes on Afghanistan
Students at UVic defend a UBC professor's right to make anti-U.S. statements in the wake of the September 11 attacks, even if they do not agree with her.