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Stories from 2003-03-11

How Kofi Annan Can Stop the War

Paul F. deLespinasse | Common Dreams | March 11, 2003

"If the U.S. issues the expected warning, [Annan] can and should announce that the U.S. has no authority to evict the inspectors, who are United Nations employees. Furthermore, Annan can say that he will not withdraw the inspectors from Iraq unless he is ordered to do so by the U.N. Security Council or the inspectors report that they are not being allowed to do their job." [more]

Court Rules Detainees Have No Legal Rights

STAFF | Voice of America | March 11, 2003

"A federal appeals court in Washington D.C. has ruled that suspected Taleban and al-Qaida members held at the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba have no right to U.S. legal protections." [more]

Kurds Brush Up on Human Rights

Gretel C. Kovach | Christian Science Monitor | March 11, 2003

"A coalition of Kurdish nongovernmental organizations made their first attempt Saturday to convince the villagers bordering Saddam Hussein's Iraq to respect human rights and avert a blood bath of revenge." [more]

Mobilizing Online Against War

Cynthia L. Webb | Washington Post | March 11, 2003

"Hundreds of Web sites — many cross-linked to sympathetic groups in a grassroots effort to drum up support — are urging Americans and people worldwide to take action." [more]

Analysis: New Arms Cut Casualties, Raise Ethical Questions

Brad Knickerbocker | Christian Science Monitor | March 11, 2003

"For the first time since the Panama invasion in 1989, the US may be fighting a largely urban war. Thus the tactics and technology it uses will be crucial in determining the level of casualties and perhaps the length of the war itself." [more]

Pakistan to Abstain From UN Iraq Vote

Sadaqat Jan | Associated Press | March 11, 2003

With Pakistan's abstention, the United States must now win the votes of all five undecided nations — Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Guinea, and Mexico — in the UN Security Council in order for the resolution authorizing war on Iraq to pass without a veto. [more]

Second US Diplomat Resigns Over Iraq

STAFF | Reuters | March 11, 2003

"A U.S. diplomat resigned from government service on Monday in protest of President Bush's preparations to attack Iraq, the second to do so in less than a month." [more]

US Delays Security Council Vote on Iraq

STAFF | Christian Science Monitor | March 11, 2003

"Facing almost certain defeat, the United States and Britain delayed a vote to give Saddam Hussein an ultimatum to disarm and signaled they might compromise to try to win support from [UN] Security Council members who oppose a rush to war." [more]

War Tribunal Commences, Minus United States

STAFF | Cable News Network | March 11, 2003

"The first permanent global war crimes court was inaugurated Tuesday with the swearing in of its first 18 judges. But Washington — which opposes the tribunal — stayed away from the ceremony. " [more]

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