Oil, the hawks' strategy and the new US strategic policy in the Middle East

Thank God for the death of the UN by Richard Perle (The Guardian, Friday March 21, 2003)
Wolfowitz of Arabia by Tom Engelhardt (motherjones.com)
Ex-CIA director: U.S. faces 'World War IV' by Charles Feldman and Stan Wilson (CNN, April 3, 2003)
Cheney oil deal link fuels war critics (The Australian, May 09, 2003)
Imperial Enterprise: War Mongers Run Amuck by Gregory Elich (March 17, 2003)
Iran, Syria, Libya For Regime Change Next Says Richard Perle [World Tribune.com, February 25, 2003]
by William Rivers Pitt
Richard Armitages colourful past
Oil, Iraq and America by Dilip Hiro (The Nation, 16 December 2002)
Bush's Mideast plan: Conquer and divide By Eric Margolis (December 8, 2002 Toronto Sun)
Oil, Iraq and America by Dilip Hiro (The Nation, 16 December 2002)
After Iraq, Bush will attack his real target By Eric Margolis (November 10, 2002)
US plans to ditch industry rivals and force end of Opec By Peter Beaumont and Faisal Islam (The Observer, November 3, 2002)
In Iraqi War Scenario, Oil Is Key Issue By Dan Morgan and David B. Ottaway (Washington Post, September 15, 2002)
Israel, Iraq, and the United States By Edward Said (Al Ahram, October 2002)
The US & Iraq: A History By Richard Becker (Oct. 19, 2002)
Richard Armitages colourful past
The president's real goal in Iraq By Jay Bookman (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 9/29/02)
What the White House really wants By Paul McGeough (SMH, September 28 2002)
By Jonathan Freedland (Guardian, September 20 2002)
By John Pilger (19 September 2002)
Doing as the Romans Did: Bush's War on Terror is a Sick Joke. By Tariq Ali
US Security Strategy (2002) (Requires PDF reader) or Word document
By Dan Morgan and David B. Ottaway (Washington Post Staff Writers, September 15, 2002)
Global Eye: Dark Passage By Chris Floyd (Sep. 20, 2002)
by Michael T. Klare [The Nation, October 7, 2002]
By Neil Mackay (Sunday Herald (UK), 15 Sept 2002)
by Scott Ritter (Chicago Tribune, Sept 10, 2002)
Rumsfeld: Nuclear Status Key to Pre-Emption Policy
. By Brian Whitaker (Guardian, September 3, 2002)
By John Donnelly and Anthony Shadid
(Boston Globe, September 10, 2002)
Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President. By Neil Mackay (September 15, 2002)'Successful prosecution of the war would be good for the economy' Bush economic czar's estimate much higher than Pentagon's. By Bob Davis (Wall Street Journal)
Iraq war hawks have plans to reshape entire Mideast. By John Donnelly and Anthony Shadid (The Boston Globe, 10 September, 2002)
by Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan (August 30, 2002)
by Jason Vest (The Nation, September 2, 2002)
Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces and Resouces for the New Century (Project for the New American Century (September 2000) (PDF file)

Rebuilding America's Defences summary
For a Hawk-eye view go to Project for the New American Century Iraq page
Biographical note: Donald Rumsfeld super hawk

Weapons of mass destruction, inspections and arms control

US prepares to use toxic gases in Iraq By Geoffrey Lean and Severin Carrell (Independent, 02 March 2003)
Newsweek's Iraq Report Falls on Deaf Ears by Norman Solomon (AlterNet February 27, 2003)
Allies hushed up weapons' destruction By Tim Cornwell (Scotsman, 24 February 2003)Iraq and chemical weapons by Stephen C. Pelletiere (New York Times, January 31, 2003)
Mainstream media distorts The "Blix Report" by Nick Menchise (Jan 29 2003)
U.S. Had Key Role in Chemical Arms Iraq Buildup By Michael Dobbs (Washington Post, December 30, 2002)
America tore out 8000 pages of Iraq dossier By James Cusick and Felicity Arbuthnot (Sunday Herald, 22 December 2002)
Why Bush Remains Silent on poison gas by Robert Fisk (The Independent, December 16, 2002)
by Francis Boyle, Professor of International Law, University of Illinois School of Law
Poisoning the air: US reports of Iraqi stockpiles of nerve gas antidote should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism. By Brian Whitaker (Guardian, 9 December 2002)
German and US Firms Supplied Arms to Saddam By Tony Paterson (Independent, 18 December, 2002)
U.S prepared to use nuclear strike against Iraq By Randall Mikkelsen (Reuters, Dec 10, 2002)
Landmines in Iraq: Questions and Answers
America tore out 8000 pages of Iraq dossier By James Cusick and Felicity Arbuthnot (Sunday Herald, 22 December 2002)
Why Bush Remains Silent on poison gas by Robert Fisk (The Independent, December 16, 2002)
U.S. Had Key Role in Chemical Arms Iraq Buildup By Michael Dobbs (Washington Post, December 30, 2002) Global Nuclear stockpiles 2002 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (November/December 2002)
Bush administration sabotages inspections By Jeremy Brecher (Baltimore Sun, December 3, 2002)
Butler accuses US of nuclear hypocrisy By Gerard Noonan (18 November, 2002)
Weapons Inspectors Denied Access Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory by Tara Dorabji (November 14, 2002)
Actions threaten Biological Weapons Convention By Titus Peachey (Mennonite Central Committee)
How did Iraq get its weapons? We sold them By Neil Mackay and Felicity Arbuthnot (Sunday Herald, Scotland, September 17, 2002)
The Pentagon's Secret Chemical Weapons Program by Edward Hammond (CounterPunch, September 25, 2002)
Nuclear notebooks 2002 (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
by Capt Andrew Robertson (Army News, August 29, 2002)
By Peter Slevin (Washington Post, 19 September, 2002)
By Eric Margolis (September 15, 2002)
'Iraq is not a threat ... to neighbors'. By Sameer N. Yacoub (AP, September 9, 2002)
. A paper by Kate Leeson for MEDACT (MAPW SA) Adelaide 2000
NGO recommendations to the NPT.
By Martin Kelley ["NVWeb Upfront" Featured Essay, January 15, 1999]
A Conversation With Scott Ritter by William Pitt (July 26, 2002)
by William Blum (ZNet Commentary, August 20, 2002)
by Patrick E. Tyler (17 August 2002, New York Times)
by Dilip Hiro (The Nation)
Arms Control Today (September 2002)
Nuclear weapons information and analysis
No warp

Sanctions, humanitarian issues and cost of war on Iraq

War will be bloody say US generals by Rupert Cornwell (lndependent, December 19, 2002)
Price of war may be more than US thinks, says study By John Garnaut (Sydney Morning Herald, December 27 2002)
War could cost $350 billion congress told (AFP/Sydney Morning herald, December 2 2002)
Behind United Nations Sanctions Against Iraq An Interview with Dennis Halliday (Z-Net December 30, 2002)
Medical report forecasts huge death toll (12 November 2002)
By Save the Children Fund (4 September 2002)
by Colin Rowat (August 2, 2001)
An interview with Hans Von Sponeck by Larry Everest (December 6, 2001)
Iraq: Compliance, Sanctions, and U.S. Policy

The United Nations debates (2002-03) and international law and war crimes

This War is illegal: Howard's last top law man By Margo Kingston (Courier Mail Online, March 21 2003)
Howard warned on war crimes (March 20 2003)
Call to ban bombs that lie in wait for children By Cynthia Banham (February 19, 2003)
Coalition of the willing? Make that war criminals (Sydney Morning Herald, 26 February 2003)
Attack not yet legal, says expert By Cynthia Banham (Sydney Morning Herald, February 27 2003)

Will Iraq war be an Australian war crime? by Michael Salvaris
The legality of use of force against Iraq: Legal opinion"War Powers Resolution
The Rogue Elephant By Francis A. Boyle
The UN Charter and Use of Force Against Iraq
Iraq, the UN and international law
International Law and a War on Iraq Articles

1972-2002 Vetoes from the USA
Thank God for the death of the UN by Richard Perle (The Guardian, Friday March 21, 2003)

US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war by Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy and Peter Beaumont (The Observer , Sunday March 2, 2003

NGOs Decry 'Bribes' and 'Threats' Behind U.N. Vote by Thalif Deen (http://www.ips.org)
by Robert Fisk (Independent, 06 February 2003)
Spies, Lies & Iraq By Mark Hosenball and Evan Thomas (Newsweek February 10)
Focus on Iraq: Powell's UN speech dissected By Ali Abunimah (The Electronic Intifada 5 February 2003)
The Powell evidence: A collection
US is misquoting my Iraq report, says Blix By Judith Miller and Julia Preston in New York (February 1 2003)
Bush's war on the UN by Tony Benn (January 7, 2003)
Behind United Nations Sanctions Against Iraq An Interview with Dennis Halliday (Z-Net December 30, 2002)
The golden rulemakers: how money and power are driving the UN By Gary Younge (The Guardian, November 11, 2002)
Security Council Resolution: Hidden Traps Remain By Phyllis Bennis (5 November 2002)
UN resolution a step towards to war By Katerina Lecchi (11 November 2002)
US dollars yielded unanimous UN vote against Iraq By Thalif Deen (IPS, 11 November, 2002)
Attack on Baghdad without new UN resolution illegal, says QC By Richard Norton-Taylor (The Guardian, November 20, 2002)
The golden rulemakers: how money and power are driving the UN By Gary Younge (The Guardian, November 11, 2002)
Document Leaves Way Clear For War By Ewen MacAskill and Oliver Burkeman (Guardian November 7, 2002)
Download UN Sceurity Council Draft Resolution (6 November 2002) PDF format
by Robert Fisk (Independent, 08 November 2002)
Security Council Resolution: Hidden Traps Remain By Phyllis Bennis (5 November 2002)
Diplomats warn that U.S. strike at Iraq would undermine UN IPS (Oct 14, 2002)
Download UN Security Council Draft Resolution (6 November 2002) PDF format
A UN Resolution for agggression by Chandra Muzaffar
UN vote hurdle lies ahead for Washington By Carola Hoyos (NYT, 15 October 2002)
UN Security Council Resolutions Currently Being Violated by Countries Other than Iraq By Stephen Zunes
Presidential Compliance" Congressional Research Service (CRS) report by Richard F.Grimmett Download as PDF
by Carah Ong (July 11, 2002)
US tempts Russia with profits of ousting Saddam. From Robin Shepherd in Moscow
Iraqs letter to the Secretary General (17 September 2002)
Backing on Iraq? Let's Make a Deal. Behind-the-scenes talks get underway to see which inducements might sway nations. By Paul Richter and Greg Miller (Times, September 13 2002)
Bush hectors U.N. by Ian Williams, AlterNet.
A Decade of Deception and Defiance: Bushs statement to UN (September 13 2002)

Depleted uranium and nuclear issues

DU lists and links
Iraq war could be a toxic nightmare Katherine Stapp (7 November 2002)
Depleted Uranium Toxicity in Afghanistan by Richard S. Ehrlich
Turkey says seized substance not uranium By Reuters (Haaretz 01/10/2002)
(11 August 2002)
by Dr Rosalie Bertell
by Yoel Marcus (August 20, 2002, Haaretz)
by Dennis Bernstein (http://mediafilter.org/caq/Caq53.gws.html)
by Felicity Arbuthnot [Al-Ahram Weekly On-line, 15-21 March 2001]

War on terror

By Chris Floyd
CIA concerned US war on terror is missing root causes (AFP, Oct 29, 2002)
Following Bush's agenda now leaves Australia vulnerable to further attacks By Christopher Kremmer (SMH, October 18 2002)
Bali's victims are testament to Bush's flawed war on terror by Richard Norton-Taylor (The Guardian, October 14, 2002)
The Other "Good War:" Afghanistan One Year Later by Rahul Mahajan

Dossiers and 'evidence' on Iraq

Bush twists facts to fit, analysts say By Julian Borger in Washington (Sydney Morning Herald, October Declassified CIA Report Undercuts Bush's Desire to Invade Iraq by Ivan Eland (October 14, 2002)
Dr. Glen Rangwala
By Robert Fisk (Independent UK, 25 September 2002)
British Government's 'dossier' on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (PDF file)
and By Robert Fisk (15 September 2002)
By Scott Burchill (ZNet Commentary, September 13, 2002)
"You Call that Evidence?" by Linda Rothstein
(NBC, MSNBC and news services, 2002)
by Scott Peterson (The Christian Science Monitor, September 06, 2002)

Conflict resolution

Dialogue Webpage for Conflicts Worldwide (DWCW)

Racism issues

Terror ad campaign threatens values it aims to protect by Joseph Wakim (The Age, January 1 2003)
Australian Muslims have no case to answer By Yusuf Zaman (November 7 2002)