February 22, 2004

1. Shocking news - Chalabi may have  misled our leaders
2. Good news on the civil liberties front - government intrusion makes strange bedfellows
3. The situation for women in Iraq - one woman's perspective
4. Who cares if the Iraqis keep killing each other, as long as US soldiers aren't getting killed?
5. Karen Kwiatkowski spills the beans on the run-up to Iraq war
6. Weapons in space - the arms race begins anew?
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1. How disingenuous can they be - apparently Chalabi provided faulty intelligence leading up to the war.
A senior official in Baghdad said, "But what Chalabi told us we accepted in good faith. Now there is going to be a lot of question marks over his motives." Who would have guessed he had any ulterior motives?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$5RM3YWKKUZDFXQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2004/02/19/wirq19.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/02/19/ixworld.html

2. Conservatives, libertarians, and liberals seem to be coming together over the USA Patriot Act and attempts to expand it.
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0407/hentoff.php

3. Iraq Governing Council resolution 137 is a step backward for Iraqi women.  
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0219-06.htm

4. The military is pulling back from Baghdad, which is likely to increase the chances of civil war. Geneva Conventions? They don't apply to US. As long as it's Muslims killing Muslims and not Americans, especially in an election year.....
http://www.counterpunch.com/whitney02192004.html

5. A retired military person speaks out on the advance planning for the war in Iraq - further exposing the Bush Administration's deceit (she was interviewed in the film "Uncovered", which I recommend you see if you haven't already)
http://www.laweekly.com/ink/04/13/news-cooper.php     

6. This is a good summary of some of the issues related to plans to weaponize space. Space weapons development programs are humming away in the background, with potentially devastating consequences.
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62358-2,00.html?tw=wn_story_page_next1