WarLinks
From FOAF
What do you call someone who is prepared to kill, but not to lie?
I'm collecting links and references relating to the war in Iraq (2003). This barely needs saying, but please don't assume I agree with stuff I link to, or that I don't. Feel free to add links. --DanBri
This may be of interest regarding the FoafProject as it relates to web of trust concerns (who are we to believe when reports conflict?); to the use of FOAF and RSS in activism and alternative media projects (eg. IndyMedia), and to Web annotation themes.
UK news: guardian, independent, bbc.
Other: War news from #war-news IRC. Google news
Nearby: UndueInfluence
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[edit] Links from IRC (#foafnews etc)
<danbri> anyone know if Al Jazeera video streams are still available anywhere? http://winmedia.ish.de/al-jazeera doesn't work now... <Seveer> no sorry the only ones i have are NTV: http://tinyurl.com/93cq [RM] CBS: http://tinyurl.com/93cs [RM] CNN: http://tinyurl.com/93cv [RM] BBC News: http://tinyurl.com/7tpq [RM]
I was wrong: we�re losing the battle..., John Simpson, Daily Times.
Background / A patriotic U.S. media covers the war in the Iraq (Reuters).
Berlin relives WW2 battle By Erik Kirschbaum (Swissinfo, March 28, 2003).
case against Bush (pt2) (John W. Dean, July 18, 2003, Boston Weekly Dig).
"BERLIN (Reuters) - Images of Iraqi soldiers and civilians killed by a dominant invader have revived a nightmare for Germans who put up pointless resistance during the final World War Two battle in Berlin. The U.S.-led war against Iraq has stirred emotions around the world, yet the television pictures of dead Iraqi soldiers and civilians have touched an especially sensitive nerve in Berlin, where the horrific 1945 siege has left lasting scars."
Tens of Thousands Around World Rally for Peace, Reuters (29 March 2003).
Arabic Media Internet Network. Regular news and articles. " AMIN encourages constructive and thoughtful debate on issues of concern to the Palestinian public and international community. The content on AMIN does not necessarily reflect the views of Internews Middle East (IME). IME retains the right to reject content that may be perceived as racist, propagandistic or incendiary."
Does the West understand how this hated war is altering the Arab world? "Al-Jazeera has changed everything ? the agenda is no longer dominated by Western news outlets or state-controlled media" by Fergal Keane (The Independent, 29 March 2003).
Bombing of phone system another little degradation, Robert Fisk in The Independent (29 March 2003). It's difficult to weep about a telephone exchange. True, the destruction of the local phone system in Baghdad is a miserable experience for tens of thousands of Iraqi families who want to keep in contact with their relatives during the long dark hours of bombing.
They do not know what they are doing or why they are doing it, by Robert Fisk in the Independent (30 March 2003).
Cook: 'Pull out of bloody, unjust war', "'There will be a legacy of hatred for the West if the Iraqis continue to suffer from the war we started'", by Andy McSmith, Political Editor, The Independent (30 March 2003).
[edit] Photos
From the Boston (USA) 2003-03-20 anti-war protest (page 1, page 2). Also the first two photos, of the big-stick wielding policemen, see my photo of their formation scowling and butch posturing.
From the masssive London (UK) 2003-02-15 protest, see my photos, libby's,.and nicole's.
[edit] RSS newsfeeds
These are a bit rough. I hope to polish and maintain a few more.
- UN news (rss feed via rdfweb extractor)
- US Dept of Defense news (rss feed via rdfweb extractor) syndic8 entry
- where is raed rss0.92 feed (scraped)
--DanBri 12 Feb 2003
[edit] War, activism and media-related links I've collected
* Kate Adie on Pentagon threats to independent journalists. * US Had Key Role in Iraq buildup,Trade in Chemical Arms Allowed Despite Their Use on Iranians, Kurds - Washington Post, 30 Dec 2002. * Anti-Semitism, Zionism, and the Palestinians, Noam Chomsky * Electronic Iraq * German Times (German news in English) * Haaretz (English Edition; "...an independent daily newspaper with a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs") * Wausau - Foreign news sites a hit as war looms, by Elizabeth Putnam, Wausau Daily Herald (Sun, Feb 9, 2003) * US public turns to Europe for news * stupid Flash game... * Eric Herring * Ramsey Clark: Letters and Reports to the United Nations * 12 November 2002 Ex-Inspector Rolf Ekeus Praises New U.N. Iraq Resolution, 'Former U.N. inspections chief speaks at Washington Institute Nov. 12', by David Anthony Denny (Washington File Staff Writer) * Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq * disciplined minds * The films and writings of John Pilger * Fallout from an earlier war, A belated reply to Eric Herring's defence of John Pilger on Iraq (Martin Shaw) * Response to Martin Shaw's Critique of John Pilger's Documentary "Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq?, March 2001 * The Choice on Iraq: The UN's disarmament agenda or the US's overthrow agenda?, October 2002. * Webcasts from the UN website. * Scott Ritter audio files, counterspin, Time interview. * Likely Humanitarian scenarios (allegedly a leaked UN doc) * The Perils of Victory, MSNBC article by Christopher Dickey (NEWSWEEK) * Looking on the Bright Side, by Fareed Zakari (MSNBC/Newsweek) * It is Immoral to Oppose War in Iraq and Not Simultaneously Address Saddam's Crimes Against Humanity by Sermid Al-Sarraf * The Iraq Bush will build, Observer Feb 9 2003. *Iraq after Saddam - the next Yugoslavia?, Observer Feb 9 2003. * The road better not taken,by Jack Beatty, Atlantic Online. * Israel: Iraq Aids Palestinian Terror, But No Links to Al Qaeda, Associated Press, Feb 1 2003. * The Impact of Sanctions: A Study of UNICEF?S Perspective ('The views expressed in this document are the author's own and do not necessarily represent those of UNICEF'), Eric Hoskins, MD, DPhil (Epid), MPH Office of Emergency Programmes February 1998. * some allegedly leaked document (feb 7)... * alleged Bin Laden letter to America, from Observer Sunday November 24, 2002 (this got very little coverage in US press). * Islam online news site. * the Muslim association of Britain site. Chomsky interviewed by Mark Thomas. * The Coming October War in Iraq by William Rivers Pitt, July 2002. * Monkeyfist * On a Small Bridge in Iraq, Natsuki IKEZAWA and Seiichi MOTOHASHI * The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq: A Macroeconomic and Geo-strategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth, by William Clark. * The Will of the World, by Jonathan Schell, The Nation (February 20, 2003) * Tell the Truth, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN, NY Times (February 19, 2003 editorial). * Iraq Inspection Report to U.N., Blix, 2003-02-14 * [http://www.gulflink.osd.mil/ Office of the Special Assistant
for Gulf War Illnesses] (includes many declassified documents on health issues in Iraq, both civilian and military).
* the secret behind the sanctions - How the U.S. Intentionally Destroyed Iraq's Water Supply, by Thomas J. Nagy * defencelink news briefings (us military news transcripts, interviews etc) (RSS feed?) * Iraqi news agency * Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, New York * UN News * Stop dodging the awkward truth (re US spying on UN) - US media commentator Norman Solomon reported last week on the global reaction to last Sunday's Observer story and asked why the story seemed to be downplayed in the American press. We reproduce his analysis here. * Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting / Media Beat * Arms Control Today (June/July 1997) Ambassador Rolf Ekeus: Leaving Behind the UNSCOM Legacy in Iraq * Oral introduction of the 12th quarterly report of UNMOVIC Executive Chairman Dr. Hans Blix (7 March 2003) * Remarks of Ambassador Rolf Ekeus, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States, for the Conference Panel "Proliferation Prospects], Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, March 16, 2000 * Iraq Special Weapons, Nuclear, Biological, Chemical and Missile, Proliferation News, Federation of American Scientists * critics of the war are traitors (according to the New York Sun). * speculation re Ekeus as possible UNMOVIC head * U.S. Chemical and Biological Exports to Iraq and Their Possible Impact on the Health Consequences of the Persian Gulf War, Committee Staff Report No. 3: Chemical Warfare Agent Identification, Chemical Injuries, and Other Findings. U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, by James J Tuite, III, Principal Investigator * UNITED STATES DUAL-USE EXPORTS TO IRAQ AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE HEALTH OF THE PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS, U.S. Senate, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, SENATOR DONALD W. RIEGLE, JR., CHAIRMAN-- WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1994 * cursor, esp burying uncomfortable news article. * Times online (March 10, 2003) Bush Sr warning over unilateral action From Roland Watson in Washington * U.S. Stocking Uranium-Rich Bombs? (Wired News 2003-03-10) * [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/02/16/IN177123.DTL
Broken promises - How the United States failed the Iraqi resistance] "Saif Ataya suffered his own personal holocaust under U.S. policy gone awry", San Fransisco Chronicle, Feb 16 2003.
Better link than above - get the REAL story from the horses mouth - not the opportunistic journalist who used a sensational headline (above) to further his own career.
* When Journalistic Integrity Meets With Political Agenda, Truth Gets Lost in Translation * - Bloggers 4 Freedom - Saif & Angelica Ataya's story
* The Memory Hole * Guardian summary of wildly conflicting news reports, 28 March * General condems current war strategy, 29 March * More fog of war; conflicting reports and unanswered questions summarised by the BBC, 17 April
TV: streaming al-jazeera (404 now; worked in realplayer)
english al jazeera site, Democracy Now webcast on the war.
Arab [1]
Where is Raed? (went silent during May 2003; now sometimes writes for the Guardian...)
[edit] Weblogs and suchlike
A few weblogs with discussion of the war and related issues. Maybe there's a more complete list out there somewhere?
* Warblogs.cc. * Where is Raed?. * veilled4allah, 'the occasional thoughts of a Muslim woman'. * Matthew Yglesias, 'Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist'. * Path of the Paddle. * alartnet: War on Iraq * No War Blog * Aron's Israel Peace Weblog * Notes of an Iranian Girl
[edit] Protests
* Paris Feb 15th 2003 * London Feb 15th 2003 * Copenhagen Feb 15th 2003 (semi-complete list of countries)
A page with a lot of historical quotations, including this, which I saw elsewhere recently. Would be good to have a src citation. Anyway:
"""Why of course the people don't want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.""" --- Hermann Goering
(more context on source for this)
[edit] More media links
http://english.pravda.ru/ - Russian News http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/default.asp - German News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi.html http://www.debka.com http://www.disinfo.com/ http://www.copvcia.com
