Palestinian youth killed, U.K. peace activist shot by IDF troops  
Haaretz, April 12, 2003
A Palestinian youth was killed Saturday by Israel Defense Forces gunfire in the West Bank town of Dahariya, south of Hebron, Israel Radio reported. On Friday, IDF troops firing from a tank critically wounded a British man as he and other activists in a pro-Palestinian group approached an army position on the edge of a Gaza refugee camp, witnesses said.

Breaking News: Palestinian Shot Dead in Dahria
International Press Center, April 12, 2003
20:30-- Palestinian medical sources at A’alia hospital announced the death of Ghasib Mahmoud Al-Hawareen, 22, who was shot and killed this evening by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Dahria, south of Hebron.

At Least 12 Palestinians Wounded in Hebron and Gaza
International Press Center, April 12, 2003
HEBRON AND GAZA, Palestine, April 12, 2003, (IPC)-- At least 12 Palestinian civilians were wounded Friday in two separate attacks carried out by armed Jewish settlers and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the cities of Hebron and Khan Younis. In the city of Hebron, tens of armed Jewish settlers assaulted several Palestinian civilians, including old men, six of them were wounded in the attack.

Palestinian man held for eight months in jail to be expelled to Gaza Strip
Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2003
Israeli human rights activists on Friday vowed to fight a military decision to banish to the Gaza Strip a Palestinian man who has been in jail for eight months, accused of crimes for which he was never charged or tried.

ISM Rafah statement on the killing of Thomas Hurndall
Electronic Intifada/ISM, April 12, 2003
On 11 April 2003, 10 members of the International Solidarity Movement in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine, were planning to set up a tent in an area that an Israeli tank often uses to shoot into the houses and streets of a refugee camp called Yibna. Several Palestinian community members had initiated the project, gathered the supplies, and accompanied us to the area at around 4:30PM.

PA sources: Arafat-Abu Mazen row delaying new government
Haaretz, April 12, 2003 
Sharp disagreements between Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the newly-appointed Palestinian prime minister over the appointment of key ministers are causing delays in forming a new Palestinian government, Palestinian leaders said Saturday.

Israel to press U.S. for peace "road map" changes
Reuters, April 12, 2003
JERUSALEM, April 12 (Reuters) - Israel will present 15 reservations to the United States next week over a U.S.-backed peace "road map" that calls for a Palestinian state by 2005, senior Israeli government sources said on Saturday. Without spelling out the wording of the Israeli paper, the sources said it envisioned the Palestinians giving up the right of refugee return to what is now the Jewish state, in exchange for Israeli acceptance of the plan.

Sharon's bureau Chief Weisglass to fly to Washington
Haaretz, April 12, 2003 
The head of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's office, attorney Dov Weisglass, will fly out to Washington, DC on Saturday night to discuss the  roadmap to Mideast peace with the U.S. administration. Weisglass will present the Americans with Israel's "red lines," which are seen as essential in order to implement the plan.

CIA sets up department to implement the road map  
Haaretz, April 12, 2003 
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is establishing a special department that will be responsible for implementing the road map for an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.

Arafat Discusses Implementation of Road Map Plan With Jack Straw
International Press Center, April 12, 2003
Rammallah, 12, April, 2003, (IPC+WAFA)-- President Arafat has received a phone call Friday morning from Jack Straw, Britain foreign minister to discuss Road Map. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a key advisor of President Arafat, told reporters that Straw telephoned Arafat and discussed with him the implementation of the Road Map - which was drawn up by the Mideast Quartet, the United States, United Nations, European Union and Russia - as well as forming the new Palestinian Authority cabinet.

Netanyahu's Nephew Refuses to Join Army
Dayton Daily News, April 12, 2003
JERUSALEM (AP)--Ordered to report to court in uniform, Yonatan Ben-Artzi instead showed up in blue jeans and a T-shirt--another act of defiance against the military he refuses to serve in. The 20-year-old pacifist, a relative of one of Israel's top hawks, is one of 16 young Israelis refusing to be drafted.

Israeli Officer, Soldier Charged of Killing Palestinian Civilians
Palestine Media Center, April 12, 2003
April 12, 2003 - The Israeli occupation army has charged two of its members, an officer and a soldier, of killing two Palestinian civilians, including a 95 year-old woman, who was killed after an Israeli soldier opened fire at a taxi near the occupied city of Ramallah, a few months ago.

Commission provides further humanitarian aid for the Palestinian victims of the crisis
EuropaWorld, April 11, 2003
The European Commission is providing a further relief package worth €15 million to Palestinian victims of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The aid will support provision of food, medicines, water and sanitation to meet the needs of the most vulnerable Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as well as in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.

Paratroopers arrest four wanted Palestinians in West Bank
Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2003 
A paratrooper unit arrested two Palestinians in Hebron Friday night. Both men are wanted Hamas terrorists, according to media reports.

Enough AP distortions!
Palestine Media Watch, April 7, 2003
PMWATCH – April 7, 2003 – The Associated Press, the most widely used newswire by media outlets in the United States, continues to dish out shabby journalism. The story below on the wounding of American peace activist Brian Avery, 24, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, once again makes the point vividly. Here are a few observations on the story, published without a byline:

British peace activist in critical condition after being shot by Israeli troops
Al-Bawaba, April 11, 2003
Israeli troops firing from a tank critically wounded a British man Friday as he and other activists in a pro-Palestinian group approached an army position on the edge of a Gaza refugee camp, witnesses said.

ISM: Israeli soldiers shoot another ISM activist in the head
International Solidarity Movement, April 11, 2003
Between  4:30 and 5:00 PM  today Israeli snipers shot another ISM activist in the head. Tom Hundall from Manchester Britain is currently in critical condition in a helicopter on his way from  Europa Hospital in Khan Younis to a hospital in Bir Sheva. He is 22 years old.

Israeli forces shoot Briton in the head in Rafah: the continued targeting of foreign peace activists
Palestine Monitor, April 12, 2003
Israeli forces yesterday shot Thomas Hundall, a 22 year old Briton from Manchester and member of GIPP/ International Solidarity Movement. The shooting occurred when Thomas was joining his international fellow activists in Yebna, Rafah, to perform their regular activities to protect Palestinians in areas in which they face severe harassment from Israeli troops.

IDF probes shooting of British pro-Palestinian activist in Gaza
Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2003
Soldiers shot and [critically]  wounded a British pro-Palestinian activist who was attempting, with others, to set up a tent to block IDF tanks from heading down the street of a Gaza refugee camp, witnesses said. [Not true.] The IDF had no comment but said it was investigating the incident...

Israeli Sniper Shoots Second Peace Activist in Less than a Week
Palestine Media Center, April 12, 2003
Medics Announce the British Student Brain Dead -- April 12, 2003 - An Israeli sniper shot a British peace activist in the head on Friday as he was trying to help two Palestinian girls out of danger during a bid to stage a protest tent in the Gaza Strip, his colleagues, who witnessed the shooting, said. Doctors at a Rafah hospital pronounced him brain dead.

Israeli army sniper leaves British peace activist brain-dead
The Independent, April 12, 2003
A British peace activist was pronounced brain-dead yesterday after being shot in the head by an Israeli army sniper. Tom Hurndall, 21, from London, was shot while trying to rescue Palestinian children from a street where they were pinned down by Israeli gunfire. He is the third peace activist to be killed or seriously injured in the occupied territories in the past month.

Man shot saving mum, children in gun attack
Sydney Morning Herald, April 13, 2003
A British peace activist has been shot in the head while trying to help a Palestinian woman and her children flee Israeli gunfire. Tom Hurndall was shot as he moved towards the family in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He was wearing a fluorescent orange vest and witnesses to yesterday's shooting said there had been no exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian gunmen during the day.

Briton critical after Israel shooting
BBC, April 12, 2003
A British peace activist shot and wounded during a demonstration in the Gaza Strip is in a critical condition. Thomas Hurndall was shot in the head after Israeli soldiers opened fire from a tank-mounted machine-gun. It is thought the 22-year-old member of the pro-Palestinian [sic] International Solidarity Movement (ISM) was trying to protect civilians under gunfire from troops.

British Peace Activist Clinically Dead After Being Hit by Israeli Sniper Fire in Rafah
Common Dreams, April 11, 2003 
A 21-year-old Briton was pronounced clinically dead after being hit in the head and critically wounded by Israeli sniper fire in Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses and Palestinian medical sources told AFP. Thomas Hurndall was volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a group of pro-Palestinian activists who engage in non-violent action to protect civilians in the West Bank and Gaza, they said.

Rachel Corrie's parents discuss Tom Hurndall's death by a gunshot wound to the head
IndyMedia/Flashpoints, April 12, 2003
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Rachel Corrie's parents discuss Tom Hurndall's death by a gunshot wound to the head
IndyMedia/Flashpoints, April 12, 2003
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IOF Continue Campaigns of Aggressions in Hebron
International Press Center, April 12, 2003
HEBRON, Palestine, April 12, 2003, IPC + WAFA-- Three Palestinian residents were detained by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) today morning during Israeli breaking into many houses in the city Hebron and in Kharsa village, near to Dora town, western south of Hebron.

Israel escalates it’s attacks on Palestinians
Palestine Monitor, April 10, 2003
Yesterday’s explosion in a Palestinian secondary school in Jaba, near Jenin in the northern West Bank, highlights the life threatening dangers facing Palestinians living under the continuing Israeli occupation. Twenty seven pupils were injured in the explosion; two of them remain in critical condition.

Palestinian Refugees Receive €15 Million Relief Package From EC
Palestine Media Center, April 12, 2003
Conditions of Palestinians Reach ‘Breaking Point’-- The European Commission (EC) has donated a €15 million relief package to Palestinian refugees in the occupied Palestinian territory and to neighboring Arab countries.

Gaza receives desperately needed food supplies
Reuters/World Vision International, April 12, 2003
With great perseverance World Vision, as part of a coalition of Christian International NGOs distributed 1200 food kits and 1200 bags of flour to the Mawasi area in the Gaza strip, which literally was sealed off from the outside world.

Scores of wounded, detained Palestinians, Israel continues aggressions
Arabic News, April 12, 2003
Eye- witness said that a British activist ( 24 year old) was among other members of the international solidarity movement holding a camp of protest when the Israeli tanks started to fire bullets against them and against Palestinian children.

Israeli warplanes violate Lebanese airspace
Arabic News, April 12, 2003
Lebanese security sources said that the Israeli military planes flew over areas in South Lebanon, breaking the sound barrier over the port of Tyre on Friday.

Palestinians lament fall of Baghdad
Pakistan Daily Times, April 12, 2003
JERUSELUM: Palestinians lamented the fall of Baghdad on Thursday, with many seeing it as a devastating blow to their cause that will tip the balance of Middle East power further in favour of Israel. Some turned angrily on Saddam Hussein, their loudest champion among Arab leaders. Others retreated into denial when faced with pictures of Iraqis welcoming American troops into the city that used to be known as the “capital of steadfastness”.

Palestinian leader predicts dismal Iraq
Contra Costa Times, April 12, 2003
BERKELEY - The U.S.-led attack on Iraq signals a major shift in Middle East politics, and governments there should respond by ushering in democratizing reforms to remove possible pretexts for future U.S. action, an influential Palestinian leader said Thursday night. Azmi Bishara, who serves as one of seven Arab members of the Israeli parliament, painted a bleak portrait of postwar Iraq for an adoring audience of several hundred people at UC Berkeley.

Bond challenged for two alleged Al-Arian terrorism associates
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, April 12, 2003
Two suspected members of a terrorist organization will not be able to post bond until at least Thursday, following a move by federal prosecutors to block their release from prison. U.S. District Judge James Moody approved an emergency motion Friday to bar Hatim Naji Fariz and Ghassan Zayed Ballut from posting bond.

Occupation Chronicle Events in Palestine April 12, 2003
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot a British peace activist in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, was pronounced clinically dead. IOF also killed a Palestinian student in Nablus city. In the meantime, IOF shelled Khan Younis town while armed Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinian farmers in Hebron city, wounding six of them. British Activist Brain dead After IOF Shot Him  / IOF Kill Palestinian Student, Wound Another in Nablus / Israeli Settlers Attack Hebronites / IOF Shell Neighborhood, Wound 6 Citizens / Elderly Wounded in Khan Younis

Iraq War News

A tale of two photos
Information Clearing House, April 9, 2003
You have probably seen the photos of the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled, and TV footage of jubilant Iraqis rolling the bronze head around, bringing back memories of so many previous popular uprisings...A wide angle shot in which you can see the whole of Fardus Square (conveniently located just opposite the Palestine Hotel where the international media are based), and the presence of at most around 200 people – most of them US troops (note the tanks and armored vehicles) and assembled journalists.

The photographs tell the story...
Information Clearing House, April 9, 2003
Toppling of Saddam statue: Is This Media manipulation on a grand scale? Yes, the occupation has begun.

9/11 Pentagon Flag Used To Cover Saddam's Face In Baghdad 
Information Clearing House/BBC, April 10, 2003
Paul Wood ::04/10/03:  0521GMT -- "We've just learned from the US marines that the US flag that was put on the face of Saddam yesterday - it was replaced by an Iraqi flag when the people shouted for that - was the flag that was flying over the Pentagon on September 11."

Baathist appointed to police Basra
The Times, April 12, 2003
BRITISH officials were compelled to defend their choice of a former brigadier-general in Saddam Hussein’s army to help to restore order in Basra yesterday as looting continued in the southern city...Sheikh Tameemi — known until yesterday as the secret sheikh — was just the first of a “council of elders” from all parts of the community being formed to oversee civil government in Basra, the official added.

Robert Fisk Photo Site
Pictures of Civilian Victims of the Anglo-American Aggression in Iraq Please note that some of these pictures are not suitable for small children and those who have weak hearts...Please note that the following pictures are only a very tiny fraction of the thousands of Civilian Victims who have been terrorised, humiliated,  injured and killed through British and American Bombing of civilian areas in various cities of Iraq.

Frenzy over Ali, but there are thousands of children like him
The Independent, April 12, 2003
"Why do you all want to talk to Ali? There are hundreds of children suffering like him, and we are getting more every day," said Moufak Gabriel, the hospital director, as we arrived to see Ali Ismail Abbas, the injured 12-year-old boy who has become the centre of a British media frenzy.

Children killed as marines fire on vehicle
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
US marines said they killed two children at a checkpoint in Iraq yesterday when the driver of the vehicle in which the youngsters were travelling ignored warnings to stop, creating fears of a suicide attack.

The hell that once was a hospital
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
Suzanne Goldenburg: An orderly, who had been burying bloated corpses in a mass grave in the hospital grounds, recited the Muslim last rites. "Dead, dead, he's died, what can we do?" and returned to his shovel. But the man was breathing, in slow laborious gurgles, and his flesh was warm.

Battle near Syrian border designed to protect Israel
Knox News, April 11, 2003
A major aim of the firefight underway near Iraq's border with Syria Friday is to stamp out embers that, if fanned, could engulf the wider Middle East in war...."Our goal is to make sure (Iraq) is not in a position to threaten" Israel, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Vincent Brooks said Friday, describing the U.S. air strikes around Qaim as "preventive medicine."

British 'breaching Geneva Convention'
BBC, April 12, 2003
UK forces in Iraq may be in breach of the Geneva Convention, an expert has warned, as lawlessness continues to damage the southern city of Basra. Bradford University peace studies professor Paul Rogers told BBC News: "Any occupying power that has destroyed a regime is responsible for maintenance of hospitals, medical services and food supplies. "The British are failing to fulfil their responsibilities under the Geneva Convention."

UN Accuses UK, US Forces of Breaching Geneva Convention
Palestine Chronicle, April 11, 2003
"'This inaction by the occupying powers is in violation of the Geneva Conventions, which explicitly state that medical establishments must be protected ..'" -- LONDON - The United Nations Friday added its voice to the growing alarm of lawlessness and anarchy in Iraq following the US-led invasion, accusing British and American troops of breaching the Geneva Convention.

'Spiritual Warfare' Looms
Palestine Chronicle, April 11, 2003
"Muslim groups say they believe the presence of Evangelists is a sign that President George W. Bush is trying to impose his own Evangelical Christianity on Muslims .." -- Washington is trying to portray its battle as one of liberation, not conquest, but Iraq is about to be invaded by thousands of U.S. Evangelical Missionaries who say they are bent on a "spiritual warfare" campaign to convert the country's Muslims to Christianity. Among the largest aid groups preparing to provide humanitarian assistance to Iraqis ravaged by the war are a number of Christian Charities based in the southern United States that make no secret of their desire to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ and win over Muslim souls.

Looters Swarm Into New Areas of Baghdad
The Guardian, April 12, 2003
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. forces reopened two strategic bridges Saturday in the heart of Baghdad and crowds of looters surged across - taking advantage of access to new territory that had not already been plundered. U.S. forces did nothing to stop them.

Anarchy in Iraq main cities, severe health crisis expected in Baghdad
Al-Bawaba, April 12, 2003
Baghdad and other captured cities continued on Friday to face anarchy. In Baghdad, Mosul and the southern city of Basra, law and order crumbled.

'This is not liberation, this is a destruction'
The Times, April 12, 2003 
IT WAS afternoon when the soldiers began to disappear. First residents noticed a few checkpoints left unguarded, then whole positions abandoned until word spread that the military who held Mosul had vanished. 

Looters Ransack Baghdad's Antiquities Museum
Common Dreams, April 12, 2003 
BAGHDAD - Looters have sacked Baghdad's antiquities museum, plundering treasures dating back thousands of years to the dawn of civilization in Mesopotamia, museum staff said on Saturday. They blamed U.S. troops for not protecting the treasures.

A city in flames. A nation in chaos
The Indpendent, April 12, 2003
Baghdad: Regime buildings are set ablaze; fears mount as looters run amok / Mosul: City captured by Kurdish forces; banks and shops ransacked by mob / Kirkuk: Marines take control of oilfields; anarchy as Kurdish troops begin pull-out / Basra: Looters shot dead by British forces -- Chaos threatened to engulf Iraq yesterday, with American-led forces apparently unwilling or unable to deal with a storm of arson, looting, car-jacking, drunkenness and factional fighting that swept Baghdad, Mosul and other big cities.

U.S. Seen Fuelling Anarchy To Entrench Its Foothold: Press
Islam Online, April 12, 2003
BAGHDAD, April 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – As looting and robberies have become free-for-all in the Iraqi capital and other major cities, the U.S. come under diatribe for encouraging the chaotic scenes to justify sending additional troops and appear with its agents as the sole solution in the eyes of the Iraqi people.

Iraq’s Liberation Front Attempts To Assassinate Chalabi
Islam Online, April 12, 2003
CAIRO, April 12 (IslamOnline.net) - A number of armed people belonging to the nascent National Front For The Liberation of Iraq (NFLI) tried Friday, April 11, to assassinate Ahmad Chalabi, one of the prominent exile leaders and head of the Iraqi National Council (INC), in the southern city of An-Nasiriyah. “They attacked a camp of Chalabi’s devotees, leaving a number of them killed,” Abdul Amir El-Rakabi, an Iraqi exile, told IslamOnline.net on Saturday, April 12.

20 Dead, 200 Wounded In Intercommunal Fighting In Mosul
Islam Online, April 12, 2003
MOSUL, Iraq, April 12 (Islamonline.net & News Agencies) - A Total of 20 people have been killed and more than 200 wounded since Friday, April 11, in fighting between Arabs and Kurds in the key northern Iraqi city of Mosul, hospital sources said.

Looting, Anarchy In Iraq Bring U.N. Aid To Halt
Islam Online, April 12, 2003
Iraqi people are in a dire need for U.N. aid -- BAGHDAD, April 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Although the daunting task of coordinating the United Nations' largest ever humanitarian relief operation is in full swing, lawlessness and free-for-all looting from Baghdad to Basra pose a major obstacle to aiding the Iraqi people.

U.S. Threatens Iraqi Scientists
Islam Online, April 12, 2003
Iraqi scientists accused U.S. forces of encouraging looting of universities -- CAIRO, April 12 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Appealing to the world community to protect them from the U.S. aggression aimed at obliterating Iraq’s minds, a number of Iraqi scientists and university professors sent an SOS e-mail complaining American occupation forces were threatening their lives.

U.S. Plans to Run Iraqi Oil for A While 
Common Dreams, April 11, 2003
WASHINGTON - The United States plans to run Iraq's oil industry until an Iraqi interim authority can be formed to take it over, sources familiar with the evolving plan said on Friday. It is uncertain how long the United States would operate Iraq's oil industry, the country's main source of revenue. U.S. officials say they want to turn over Iraqi ministries to Iraqis as quickly as possible.

Voices from the street: 'We saw what US did at the hospital. Where are they now?'
The Independent, April 12, 2003
For George Bush and Tony Blair, the war was necessary to offer Iraq's 24 million people the opportunity of better lives and freedom from oppression. But, amid a general breakdown in law and order this week, with violent looters on the streets, the reception for the British and American forces has not always been as warm as Messrs Bush and Blair would have liked.The Independent asked a number of Iraqis for their views on the war.

Saddam's weapons adviser 'surrenders'
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
Saddam Hussein's senior weapons adviser has reportedly surrendered to US military authorities, insisting that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and that the US-led invasion was unjustified.

Weapons teams scour Iraq
The Guardian, April 12, 2003
Secret units in desperate hunt for banned arsenal -- Britain and the United States have bypassed the United Nations to establish a secret team of inspectors to resume the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. It is a sign of the desperation in London and Washington to find a "smoking gun" to justify the war that the Anglo-American team has already conducted three inspections in the past two weeks.

Saddam's top scientific advisor surrenders to U.S. forces  
Haaretz, April 12, 2003
Saddam Hussein's top scientific adviser became the first of 55 people on America's most wanted list of Iraqi leaders to surrender Saturday. General Amer Hammoudi al-Saadi, who gave himself up to U.S. forces in Baghdad, denied being a member of the ousted leader's Baath party... CNN reported that preliminary tests performed Saturday on a warhead found the previous day in an occupied Iraqi air base in the northern city of Kirkuk showed trace amounts of nerve agent.

Activists Stunned by U.S. Debt Forgiveness Plan
Common Dreams, April 12, 2003
WASHINGTON - Finance ministers and development activists gathered here Friday for meetings to discuss the world economy, poverty and reform of the world's financial institutions were stunned when a U.S. official suggested that global creditors should forgive Iraqi debts. U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose government often sets the tempo for meetings such as this weekend's gathering of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, took the place by storm when he said Iraq's whopping debt - estimated at between 100 and 300 billion dollars - must be cancelled.

Bush warns Syria amid reports that Iraqi scientists take refuge in Damascus
Al-Bawaba, April 12, 2003
US President George Bush has warned Syria not to give refuge to followers of Saddam Hussein. Bush indicated it may be possible some of the Iraqi leader's cohorts have found "safe haven" in Iraq's western neighbour.

Syria rejects U.S. charges of Damascus aiding Saddam regime
Haaretz, April 12, 2003 
Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara said Saturday U.S. accusations that Damascus had helped Saddam Hussein's regime were baseless.

Deputy secretary Wolfowitz briefing with Arab / Muslim media regarding Iraq
Arabic News, April 12, 2003
US Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz yesterday at the Foreign Press Center briefing with Arab/Muslim media. Also participating were Ambassador Christopher Ross, special coordinator for public diplomacy, U.S. Department of State; Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Paul Denig, director, Washington Foreign Press Center.) Here is the full text:

Anti-war trio warn of endless conflict
The Times, April 12, 2003
THE leaders of Russia, France and Germany angrily denounced American policy in Iraq yesterday and called for the restoration of United Nations authority. At the start of a summit in St Petersburg, President Putin criticised the United States and Britain and gave warning of the danger of the world sliding “into an endless series of conflicts”.

Mulling Action, India Equates Iraq, Pakistan
Washington Post, April 11, 2003
Pre-Emption Cited in Kashmir Conflict -- NEW DELHI, April 10 -- Asserting the same right of preemptive war that the United States used to justify its invasion of Iraq, Indian officials have accused Washington of failing to end Pakistan's support for guerrillas in Indian-controlled areas of Kashmir and warned that India may be forced to take limited military action against its nuclear-armed neighbor.

Syria Warned Again Not to 'Meddle' in Iraq
Washington Post, April 11, 2003
Wolfowitz Says U.S. May Rethink Policy If Damascus Harbors Iraqi Officials -- Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz issued a new warning to Syria yesterday, telling Congress that the United States might adopt a tougher policy toward Damascus if it continues to harbor terrorists and provides a haven for Iraqi war criminals.

Turkey eyes Kurdish moves
BBC, April 12, 2003
Make no mistake - Turkey is not bluffing when it comes to the future status of northern Iraq. The tens of thousands of Turkish soldiers on the border are not there just for show.

Turkey threatens to send troops into Iraq
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
Turkey held out the option of deploying more troops to northern Iraq yesterday, if Kurdish fighters failed to relinquish control of two key cities in the region. Ankara announced that troops along the border with Iraq were poised to go in after being alarmed by jubilant Kurdish peshmerga pouring into the oil-rich cities of Kirkuk and Mosul.

US peace protesters march on
Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2003
BOSTON – Their ranks are depleted and their mission to stop the war is all but gone, but US peace protesters are soldiering on, focused on how to keep their views about the flaws in domestic and foreign policy high in public thought.

Protesters stage anti-war march
BBC, April 12, 2003
Thousands of peace campaigners have marched through the streets of central London in protest at the continuing war in Iraq. The Stop the War coalition believes public opposition to the conflict is still strong - in spite of scenes of jubilation this week as American tanks entered Iraqi cities.

The future of America's imperial reach
Christian Science Monitor, April 12, 2003
Show of force in Iraq may lead to more preemptive ventures - or force US into an age of restraint. -- WASHINGTON – A quarter century after Vietnam soured America on foreign intervention, the resurgence of a United States able and willing to project military force around the globe seems complete.

Iraq latest: At-a-glance
BBC, April 12, 2003
BBC News Online charts the latest developments in the Iraq conflict.

Jokes aside, this corner of America wants Dubya impeached
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
I'm at the annual conference on world affairs in Boulder, Colorado, which sounds very grand but is basically a piss-up with speeches...Though it seems almost everyone here is passionately anti-war, when the chairman announced: "Most of us here wish Tony Blair was our president", there was a stamping ovation.

Blix: US was bent on war
The Guardian, April 12, 2003 
War against Iraq was a foregone conclusion months before the first shot was fired, the chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has claimed. In a scathing attack on Britain and the US, Mr Blix accused them of planning the war "well in advance" and of "fabricating" evidence against Iraq to justify their campaign.

Rumsfeld's Old Flame 
TomPaine.com, April 12, 2003
Everyone's heard of Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton, a company standing on the brink of a bonanza as the government doles out post-war reconstruction dollars. But not enough has been revealed about Bechtel, a reported finalist for the first round of contracts, and its connections to another of the war's architects: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. It's a sordid little tale, and one that calls into question the depth of Rumsfeld's virtuous claims about his intentions to liberate the Iraqis.

Gulf War Syndrome, The Sequel 
TomPaine.com, April 12, 2003
'People Are Sick Over There Already' -- Soldiers now fighting in Iraq are being exposed to battlefield hazards that have been associated with the Gulf War Syndrome that afflicts a quarter-million veterans of the 1991 war, said a former Central Command Army officer in Operation Desert Storm. "He's going to be sick," Rokke said. "He's supposed to have full respiratory protection on. That's required by his Common Task [training manual]. And when he comes by and he's downwind, he supposed to have a radio-bio-assay. That's urine, feces and nasal swabs within 24 hours."...When asked why those protocols -- part of the DU rules he wrote for the Army -- apparently aren't being followed, Rokke said the military doesn't want to lose the use of DU weapons.

U.S. Congress sends Bush $79 billion for Iraq war
Reuters, April 12, 2003
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Saturday sent President George W. Bush a $79 billion package to finance wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, reward key allies, bolster anti-terrorism efforts and help struggling airlines.

Did we get the full picture?
Belfast Telegraph, April 12, 2003
As non-stop war footage was fed back to the UK, John Sparks was among those who decided what was fit to be seen on TV -- By John Sparks: When you watch the television news you can often see the newsrooms behind, where faceless individuals scurry around. It's a voyeuristic experience of limited value, but these figures seem an important part of the set as we focus on the intonations of thepresenter.I am one of these anonymous bodies - the chief sub video, with a dark little corner of my own and a bank of television screens, above which I will sit throughout this war. I make decisions on what images you watch - and my job has never been so difficult.

Friendships May Help Military Contracts
The Guardian, April 12, 2003
WASHINGTON (AP) - When the retired general charged with rebuilding Iraq was questioned about the tens of millions of dollars in Pentagon contracts his company won since leaving the Army, he answered with a touch of bravado. ``I do not go to my friends for business,'' Jay Garner said in sworn testimony last year. ``I get business from my friends, but it's not solicited by me - it's given to us because of the quality of our company.''

Mosul said to fall to Kurdish fighters
Middle East Online, April 11, 2003
Centcom says US forces, commander of Iraqi 5th Army Corps sign ceasefire agreement as looting begins. -- Kurdish pershmerga fighters reached the centre of the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul Friday, and the US military declared later that the city had fallen, but the situation still appeared fluid.

Security Council, regional organizations discuss cooperation for peace and security
United Nations News, April 11, 2003
11 April – The United Nations Security Council held a high-level meeting today with the heads of major international regional organizations in a bid to reinforce global cooperation in safeguarding international peace and security against threats ranging from conventional conflict to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.