War on Terrorism

Where are Saddam’s Weapons of Mass Destruction?

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 23, 2003

The Mists of Falsehoods Wild Weapons Chase Iraqi Arsenal Now Seems a Phantom Menace Weapons Failure Weapons of Mass Doo-Daa The Absence of Weapons, and What It Means Something Fishy for Haddock WMD? MIA Bush's WMD ...

Terrorism Déjà Vu in Saudi Arabia

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 14, 2003

Monday’s terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia brings to mind the words of the famous New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra: “It’s déjà vu all over again.” During the 1980s, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was a friend and ally of the U.S. government, even to the extent that our own government authorized the delivery of weapons of ...

U.S. Torture and Mistreatment of POWs and Criminal Suspects

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 28, 2003

Iraqi POW Death Under Scrutiny" CBS News. Rules of War Apply to Us Too, by Robyn E. Blumner St. Petersburg Times. Guantanamo example may hurt POWs, by Ivan Roman Orlando Sentinel. Hypocrisy In U.S. Demands That Call For Respect Of Geneva Conventions Dar Al-Hayat.

Why Not Send Moussaoui to Havana and Be Done With It?

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 25, 2003

Fidel Castro recently did us the favor of showing how a communist regime wages a “war on terrorism.” Three accused hijackers were captured on the high seas attempting to escape communist tyranny and come to the United States. They were taken into custody, given a trial, and convicted; their appeals were denied, and they were ...

Sanctions: The 12-Year War Against the Iraqi People

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2003

Iraq: Paying the Price, by John Pilger Cool War, by Joy Gordon Iraqs Children Suffer As War Looms, by Caroline Hawley Albright's Tiny Coffins, by Counterpunch.org The Silent War, by Leah C. Wells Iraqs Shortage of Medicine May Grow More Severe, ...

Where Did Iraq Get Its Weapons of Mass Destruction?

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 1, 2003

Iraq Used Many Suppliers for Nuke Program Associated Press Iraq Got Germs for Weapons Program from U.S. in 80s by Matt Kelley Following Iraqs Bioweapons Trail by Robert Novak A Tortured Relationship by Chris Bury Officers Say U.S. Aided Iraq in War despite Use of Gas by Patrick E. Tyler Rumsfeld ...

The Misunderstood Link between Al-Qaeda and Iraq

by Ahmad Faruqui March 17, 2003

A majority of the American population believe that Iraq was behind the terrorist acts of September 11, even though no credible evidence has surfaced for this alleged link between al-Qaeda and Iraq. In his speech to the American Enterprise Institute, President Bush used this link to justify invading Iraq as a necessary act of self-defense. There ...

Points to Ponder at Five Minutes before Midnight

by Jacob G. Hornberger February 21, 2003

On the eve of the U.S. government’s upcoming invasion of Iraq, we might want to ponder some important points: 1. The invasion will be illegal under the supreme law of the United States. Our Constitution, which is the law that binds the conduct of our public officials, requires a congressional declaration of war before the president can ...

What Do Facts Have to Do with It?

by Sheldon Richman February 12, 2003

If Osama bin Laden, who condemns Saddam Hussein as a socialist and a bad Muslim whom hed prefer to see overthrown, is in cahoots with the Iraqi dictator, he has a strange way of showing it. Perhaps President Bush is an ally of Husseins also: he agrees with bin Laden on all counts. Most people who studied Secretary of State ...

True Internationalism

by Scott McPherson February 3, 2003

Speaking to a Georgetown University audience on January 23, Sen. John Kerry of Massachsuetts, one of six Democratic hopefuls for the presidential nomination, called for a “bold, progressive internationalism” to combat terrorism against the United States. “What America needs today is a smarter, more comprehensive and farsighted strategy for modernizing the Middle East,” he ...

Is a Bankrupt Foreign Policy Worth It?

by Jacob G. Hornberger January 8, 2003

Is terrorism rooted in hatred for our “freedom and values,” as the Bush administration has steadfastly maintained ever since the September 11 attacks, or is it instead rooted in a bankrupt foreign policy whose adverse effects are finally rising to the surface? Before he was recently executed for killing two CIA agents, Mir Aimal Kasi, a ...

Kissinger is the Wrong Man

by Sheldon Richman January 2, 2003

Henry Kissinger personifies all that is wrong with government in America, particularly the making of foreign policy. So it is no surprise that President Bush wanted him to chair the commission looking into the monumental U.S. intelligence failures that gave us 9/11. We can be grateful that Kissinger has resigned even before he got started. Throughout ...