Powell
raises the banner for war but the world remains divided
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
Colin Powell yesterday used satellite photographs, tapes of
intercepted conversations and newly opened CIA files to make
the United States case against Iraq in a determined attempt
to win over international opinion.
US
claim dismissed by Blix
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
The chief UN weapons inspector yesterday dismissed what has
been billed as a central claim of the speech the US secretary
of state, Colin Powell, will make today to the UN security
council.
Musharraf:
Pakistan has no intelligence about involvement of Iraqi embassy
in terrorism
Al-Bawaba, February 6, 2003
Pakistan has no information about the Iraqi embassy to Islamabad
being a link between Al-Qaeda and terrorist gangs, Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf told Thursday a press conference
in Russia, RIA Novosti reported.
Pentagon
Setting “Rules” For Killing Iraqi Civilians
Islam Online, February 6, 2003
Our forces are allowed to shoot somebody and kill them but
they are not allowed to use a non-lethal riot control agent:
Rumsfeld -- WASHINGTON, February 6 (IslamOnline & News
Agencies) – The Pentagon is writing “rules”
that will supposedly govern the behavior of the U.S. soldiers
in their handling of the Iraqi popular resistance during expected
confrontations between the U.S. forces invading Iraq and the
Iraqi civilians defending their soil.
Army
Readies Copters For Gulf
Washington Post, February 6, 2003
Rumsfeld Reveals New Budget Crisis -- Rumsfeld replied that
current laws and treaties would actually make it more difficult
for U.S. forces to use non-lethal weapons -- .32-caliber rubber
ball munitions, "stingball" grenades and the like -- than
it would be to shoot and kill armed civilians. -- Preparing
to deploy to the Persian Gulf region, the Army's 101st Airborne
Division started moving helicopters from its headquarters
in Kentucky to the Port of Jacksonville yesterday before Secretary
of State Colin L. Powell began his address on Iraqi arms violations
to the U.N. Security Council.
Turkey
to let U.S. upgrade bases
CNN, February 6, 2003
ANKARA, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkey's parliament has granted the
United States permission to upgrade bases and ports in the
country for possible use by its NATO ally in an Iraqi conflict,
CNN has learned.
US
fears more terrorism after Iraq
The Australian News, February 4, 2003
THE US faces a dramatically increased risk of terrorist attacks
if it invades Iraq, American officials have calculated. The
US is understood to estimate the prospect of terrorism will
rise by about 75 per cent if it launches military action against
the regime of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
The
Saddam Hussein Interview
Channel 4 News, February 4, 2003
At the weekend, the veteran labour politican Tony Benn travelled
to Baghdad to meet and interview the Iraqi President. Tonight
we hear why - according to Saddam - Iraq has no interest in
war and possesses NO weapons of mass destruction. Here is
the transcript.
Blix,
ElBaradei say Iraqi cooperation not enough as Britain sends
additional forces to the region
Al-Bawaba, February 6, 2003
Chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said on Thursday Iraq
had not cooperated sufficiently on disarmament and that if
it did not change tack, his next report to the United Nations
would starkly reflect his frustrations.
Powell
Fails to Sway Doubters Abroad
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
TOKYO (AP) - Though praised for presenting a compelling case
that Iraq is blocking weapons inspections, Secretary of State
Colin Powell failed to convince doubters in other countries
that the time had come for military action.
News
Analysis: U.S. wonder with us, or against us?
International Herald Tribune, February 6, 2003
PARIS The United States' effort at documenting Iraq as a seething
threat to humanity went so far in its presentation of damning
evidence and intention that, whatever the world's reaction,
it leaves American leadership in a place from which it is
difficult to return.
Not
enough proof, say big three
Sydney Morning Herald, February 7, 2003
France, Russia and China have rejected a strong argument by
the United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell, to take
urgent action against Iraq, saying the case for war was not
strengthened by his address to United Nations Security Council.
French
Position Unchanged, Expert Rules Powell’s Data Outdated
Islam Online, February 6, 2003
PARIS, February 6 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) –
It seems as if the U.S. has become at opposite ends with other
countries after Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation
Wednesday, February 5, to the U.N. Security Council on Iraq’s
alleged weapons program.
Phone
taps' credibility questioned
Sydney Morning Herald, February 7, 2003
London: A vital plank of the US case against Saddam Hussein
was a set of intercepted telephone calls between high-ranking
Iraqi military officers.
Inspectors:
Powell Case Is Circumstantial
Daily Mirror, February 6, 2003
Senior weapons inspectors today branded Colin Powell's evidence
for war against Iraq "circumstantial" and said America had
failed to provide a clear-cut case for military action.
Iraq
has eight days to comply, warns Straw
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
Other nations say inspections should go on -- The foreign
secretary, Jack Straw, said that Saddam Hussein had eight
days left to prove that he was complying with the United Nations
weapons inspectors. He called Colin Powell's presentation
the most powerful and authoritative case against the Iraqi
regime.
Iraq
under pressure to rebut allegations
BBC, February 6, 2003
Iraq is under intense pressure to respond to extensive United
States allegations that it is defying United Nations demands
to disarm.
Was
it an Adlai Stevenson moment? Powell did not even come close,
says UN veteran
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
It was dramatic, but was it an "Adlai Stevenson moment"? --
When the veteran American politician and diplomat tried to
convince the world that the Soviet Union had positioned nuclear
missiles in Cuba over 40 years ago, he did not have the multi-media
tools Colin Powell had at his disposal yesterday.
France
quietly polishing its arms in case it joins U.S. in war
International Herald Tribune, February 5, 2003
PARIS Officially still noncommittal about supporting a U.S.-led
war on Iraq, Paris has quietly started readying forces that
could fight alongside Americans if there is a war in the Gulf,
according to a normally well-informed Paris-based newsletter,
TTU.
Powell
unconvincing at UN
Arab News, February 6, 2003
WASHINGTON, 6 February 2003 — Secretary of State Colin
Powell’s case against Iraq yesterday at the United Nations
Security Council met with a mixed reaction.
Iraq
not cooperating, Blair told
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
Iraq is not fully cooperating with UN resolution 1441 on disarmament,
the chief weapons inspectors told Tony Blair today.
East
Europeans line up behind Bush
International Herald Tribune, February 6, 2003
BRUSSELS Ten East European countries issued a strongly worded
statement of support for the United States on Wednesday in
a further sign of the increasingly polarized positions in
Europe toward a possible war in Iraq.
Powell
fails to convince Arab press
BBC, February 6, 2003
Colin Powell's dramatic UN speech only receives second billing
in Thursday's Iraqi papers. Precedence is given to the interview
Saddam Hussein gave to the UK politician Tony Benn a few days
ago.
Britain
to Send More Aircraft to Gulf
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
LONDON (AP) - Britain will increase its Royal Air Force presence
in the Persian Gulf to about 100 aircraft over the coming
weeks for possible action against Iraq, Defense Secretary
Geoff Hoon said Thursday.
Slovenia
Says Iraq Wanted Nuke Equipment
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Iraq tried in 1999 and 2000 to
buy equipment that can be used to enrich uranium from Slovene
companies, but Slovenia's government prevented it, the Foreign
Ministry said Thursday.
U.S.
Forces in Persian Gulf Growing
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - The buildup of American land, sea and air
forces in the Persian Gulf is accelerating, with two and possibly
three more aircraft carriers likely to head for the region
in the next few days, officials said.
NATO
Meets to Discuss Iraq
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - France, Germany and Belgium came
under renewed pressure at NATO Thursday to lift their three-week
resistance to the start of military planning to protect Turkey
in case of war with.
Stunts
and cartoons says Baghdad
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
Officials claim indictment was aimed at general public and
uninformed -- The first US intercept of a conversation between
officers of the Republican Guard pulled the official from
the Iraqi information ministry towards the television as if
by magnetic force.
Markets
welcome war
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
Shares rose strongly and oil prices slipped back last night
after hawkish words from America's secretary of state, Colin
Powell, hinted that months of agonising uncertainty on the
world's financial markets were finally drawing to a close.
What
the papers say
The Guardian, February 6, 2003
How the British press reported US secretary of state Colin
Powell's speech to the UN security council in New York yesterday.
Dean
Doesn't See Iraqi Tower
Channel 22/ABC, February 5, 2003
6:05 pm EST February 05, 2003 -- Secretary of State Colin
Powell didn't persuade Democratic presidential contender Howard
Dean that Iraq poses an immiment danger to the United States.
Syria:
U.S. fabricates evidences against Iraq
Al-Bawaba, February 6, 2003
Syria's ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said
the United States made up evidence allegedly showing Iraq
has weapons of mass destruction.
Kingdom
warns of turmoil in region after Iraq war
Arab News, February 6, 2003
RIYADH, 6 February 2003 — Saudi Arabia said yesterday
that it feared a US-led war on Baghdad would set out a turmoil
in the volatile region and transform Iraq into another Afghanistan
with rival ethnic and religious factions fighting for power.
Inspectors
Must Check Powell Allegations: Arab League Chief
Islam Online, February 6, 2003
CAIRO, February 6 (IslamOnline & News Agencies) - Arab
League Secretary General Amr Mussa said Thursday, February
6, that evidence against Iraq provided by U.S. Secretary of
State Colin Powell was not more insufficient information and
must be checked by the U.N. weapons inspectors.
Arab
Envoys Look to Final Options for Averting War
Washington Post, February 6, 2003
DOHA, Qatar, Feb. 5 -- Arab foreign ministers have agreed
to meet in Cairo on Feb. 16 to prepare for a summit of their
countries' leaders that would make a final effort to head
off a U.S.-led attack on Iraq, diplomats said today.
Leaked
memo 'commits Australia to Iraq conflict'
Sydney Morning Herald, February 4, 2003
A leaked document today undermined the Federal Government's
claim that it could still withdraw Australian troops from
a possible conflict with Iraq.
Israel
expects war in Iraq by the end of February or in March
Al-Bawaba, February 6, 2003
Following Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation at
the U.N., Israeli officials are expecting the US to go ahead
and wage war on Baghdad by the end of the month or in March.
Mobilizing
a Theater of Protest. Again.
New York Times, February 6, 2003
When Sam Hamill, a poet and founder of Copper Canyon Press
in Port Townsend, Wash., was invited to a poetry symposium
by Laura Bush last month, his response was to send e-mail
messages to 50 friends and colleagues asking them for antiwar
poems to send to Mrs. Bush. In four days he received 1,500
responses.
Command
center not ready for war, Air Force reports
Washington Times, February 6, 2003
A state-of-the-art command center in the Persian Gulf is beset
by "significant confusion" and not ready to conduct an air
war against Iraq, a confidential Air Force report said over
the summer.
Iran
urges caution on Iraq
BBC, February 6, 2003
Any "mistakes" in handling the Iraq crisis will risk a clash
of civilisations, Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi has
said.
Pentagon
adviser: France 'no longer ally'
UPI, February 4, 2003
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- France is no longer an ally of
the United States and the NATO alliance "must develop a strategy
to contain our erstwhile ally or we will not be talking about
a NATO alliance" the head of the Pentagon's top advisory board
said in Washington Tuesday.
Hoffman
Blasts Bush War Plans
Daily Mirror, February 6, 2003
Hollywood superstar Dustin Hoffman today laid into the "reprehensible"
Bush administration over its march to war against Iraq.
U.S.
Poet Laureate Opposes War with Iraq
Common Dreams, February 6, 2003
NEW YORK - The threatened war with Iraq has politicized the
nation's poets, starting at the very top. In comments rarely
heard from a sitting U.S. poet laureate, Billy Collins has
publicly declared his opposition to war and says he finds
it increasingly difficult to keep politics out of his official
job as literary advocate.
Cape
Town Women Give Peace Their Pants
Common Dreams/The Independent (South Africa), February 5,
2003
A group of Cape Town women have bared witness to their desire
for peace, exposing their vulnerability in the face of naked
agression. 21 Bum Salute: Twenty-one Cape Town women strip
down to spell out the word PEACE, in protest against a possible
war in Iraq.
