Stories from 2003-05-13
"Rebels ignored [a] deadline, saying they were prepared to fight what could be a bloody new phase in a 26-year conflict that has killed nearly 12,000 people. But they also suggested there still was room for compromise." [more]
"The order was to close down the television station in Mosul, because it sometimes broadcasts Al-Jazeera. The TV station was the only means of public communication for a very large city. Major Means said she could not in good conscience close it down, just to suppress free speech. Her superiors could not ignore that. They relieved her of duty and flew her out of Mosul, right away." [more]
"Analysts said Monday night's attacks, blamed by Saudi and U.S. officials on Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network, highlight the pressures the Saudi royal family faces in maintaining a domestically unpopular alliance with the United States." [more]
"The United States is urging Afghan President Hamid Karzai to rein in provincial warlords who are hijacking hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue needed by his government, and has not ruled out U.S. military aid in the event of a showdown." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more] |
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