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Stories from 2002-08-14

Afghanistan On the Brink of Another Disaster

Robert Fisk | Independent | August 14, 2002

"How many human rights did the mass killers of 11 September allow their victims? You are either with us or against us. Whose side are you on? But the man in the garden was worried. He was not an American. He was one of the 'coalition allies', as the Americans like to call the patsies who have trotted after them into the Afghan midden." [more]

Approval for US After Sept. 11 Cooling

Ellen Hale | USA Today | August 14, 2002

"[I]n an April poll for the Council on Foreign Relations, based in Washington, Europeans proved highly critical of Bush and what they label his unilateral approach to foreign policy: 85% of Germans, 80% of French, 73% of Britons and 68% of Italians said they believed that the United States is acting in its own interest in the war on terrorism." [more]

Justice Dept. Balks at Effort to Study Antiterror Powers

Adam Clymer | New York Times | August 14, 2002

"[The House Judiciary Committee] asked about "roving" surveillance; lists of calls to and from telephone numbers; demands for bookstore, library and newspaper records; and subpoenas under the amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act served on Americans or permanent residents. Some simpler questions, about Immigration and Naturalization Service employees the Canadian border, were answered." [more]

US Politicians Wary, Voters Hungry for War

Duncan Campbell | Sydney Morning Herald | August 14, 2002

"Almost six in 10 - 57 per cent - said they were in support of a US invasion of Iraq with ground troops, while 36 per cent of respondents opposed such an action. When asked whether they would favour a ground war if it were to produce "significant" US casualties, support plummeted to 40 per cent and opposition rose to 51 per cent." [more]

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