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foreign affairs / The Logic of Empire The Logic of Empire The United States is now our foremost enemy. We must begin to treat it as such. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 6th August 2002 There is something almost comical about the prospect of George Bush waging war on another nation because that nation has defied international law. Since Mr Bush came to office, the United States government has torn up more international treaties and disregarded more UN conventions than the rest of the world has done in twenty years. It has scuppered the biological weapons convention, while...

Jude Wanniski (archive)(printer-friendly version)August 20, 2002How to Save the Airline IndustryHow to Save the Airline Industry Memo To: Tom Ridge, Homeland Security directorFrom: Jude WanniskiRe: Don't Invade Iraq Remember, Tom, that I had warned twice in 1998 that we should be trying to figure out why the Muslims tried to blow up the World Trade Center in 1993. If we didn't, and take steps to correct the problem, I told Chairman Jesse Helms of the Foreign Relations Committee they would come back and bring down the Twin Towers. Richard Perle, who is telling President Bush to invade Iraq as soon...

Iraq has confirmed it will resume all of its Australian wheat imports for 2003 and beyond to normal levels as long as the Howard government promotes diplomatic solutions to the current situation in Iraq. Andrew Lindberg, managing director of AWB Ltd, formerly the Australian Wheat Board, announced the formal agreement between the AWB and the Grain Board of Iraq in Melbourne today. "This outcome will ensure that all current contracts for 2002 can now proceed with confidence," Mr Lindberg said. "The agreement for 2003 is very significant for Australian wheat growers with this trade valued at $800 million per year."...

America will brush aside our concerns and attack Saddam in the spring The problem for us all is the hatred we cannot see, which feeds on the growing sense of humiliation in the Arab world Fergal Keane 10 August 2002 Internal links Iraq attack unjustified, says Bush ally Fergal Keane: America will brush aside our concerns and attack Saddam in the spring All week the argument has raged, so I offer not opinion but instead some predictions. Always a risk, I know, but here's the first prediction. By this time next year a war will have been fought in Iraq,...