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I N E N G L I S H
(Nyheter på nordiska språk efter engelska)
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, January 31, 2003
The French and the Germans' bad mistake in undermining Coling Powell
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2003/01.04_FranceGermany.html
Scilla Elworthy, TFF Associate, January 24, 2003
TFF in Baghdad
A brief summary of a very intense series of visits, as well as
suggestions responding to the frequent question asked by citizens of
western countries "What can we do to help prevent war?"
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2003/Elworthy_IraqLetter.html
President Ikeda, SGI, January 24, 2003
LIFE IS WONDERFUL
An article about TFF and its director, Jan Oberg, from the November
10, 2002 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun.
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2003/IkedaonTFF.doc
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, January 24, 2003
The U.S. and Russia have been hypocritical about biological weapons
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2003/01.03_USRussiaBioWeapons.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, January 17, 2003
Is there a morality that can avoid war?
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2003/01.02_WarIraq.html
David Krieger, TFF Associate, January 9, 2003
Reflections on the New Year
The turning of a year is always a good time to take stock of where we
are and to look for lessons of the past that may guide us into the
future. Here are a few thoughts as we enter this New Year.
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2003/Krieger_NewYear.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, January 9, 2003
With confronting woud-be nuclear powers credibility is everything
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2003/01.01_NuclearPowers.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, December 31, 2002
Liberty's expansion in a turbulent world
It always feels nice to open a New Year with good news. But that
indeed is the message on the democracy front this week.
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2002/12.04_Liberty.html
Francis A. Boyle, TFF Associate, December 31, 2002
Palestine, Palestinians, and International Law. Using International
Law to Clarify and Resolve the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
http://www.bookmasters.com/clarity/b0021
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Special Features
Peace Movements
Esther Kaplan, The Nation, December 31, 2002
A Hundred Peace Movements Bloom
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030106&s=kaplan
Iraq Peace Team, December 31, 2002
The Iraq Peace Team website
http://www.iraqpeaceteam.org/
Observer Comment, Guardian, December 31, 2002
Back to Iraq as a human shield
http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,866254,00.html
War Propaganda
Rachel Coen, Extra, December 31, 2002
Behind the Pentagon's Propaganda Plan
http://www.fair.org/extra/0204/osi.html
Thom Shanker and Eric Schmitt, NYT, December 31, 2002
Pentagon Debates Propaganda Push in Allied Nations
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/international/16MILI.html&OQ=eiQ3D5062Q26enQ3D43172
FAS Project on Government Secrecy, December 31, 2002
Secrecy News, Volume 2002, Issue No. 118
http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2002/11/112702.html
TFF PressInfo # 168, December 28, 2002
A UN mandate does not make war on Iraq right!
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2002/PI168_No_UN_mandate.html
TFF, December 27, 2002
TFF's Annual Report 2002
http://www.transnational.org/tff/annualreports/2002.html
Jan Oberg, TFF Director, December 27, 2002
The most common misunderstandings about Iraq. Speech given by Jan
Oberg in Berlin, November 2002
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Oberg_MisunderstandIraq.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, December 27, 2002
For the New Year's Eve fireplace of Bush and Blair: a sermon against war
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2002/12.03_BushBlair.html
IRAQ
Human Rights Watch, December 31, 2002
Fatally Flawed: Cluster Bombs and their use by the United States in Afghanistan
A report from Afghanistan. Will the same thing happen in Iraq?
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/us-afghanistan/
Barbara Stocking, IHT, December 31, 2002
Iraqis' suffering can be made worse
http://www.iht.com/articles/81437.html
Neil MacFarquhar, IHT, December 31, 2002
Baghdad's once-lively cultural life now plays diminuendo
http://www.iht.com/articles/81485.html
Global Issues, December 31, 2002
The Iraq Crisis. Building the Case for a New War
http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/MiddleEast/Iraq/BuildingTheCase.asp
Lawyers Against the War, December 27, 2002
The Use of Force by the United States Against Iraq: Legal Issues
This brief from Lawyers Against the War (LAW) examines the legality
of the use of force by any member of the United Nations against Iraq.
http://www.transnational.org/features/2002/Force%20against%20Iraq.doc
Neil Mackay, sundayherald, December 27, 2002
UK sells chemical weapons to the world
Breaking international law, Britain exports lethal TCPs to Iran,
Sudan, Libya and Israel
http://www.sundayherald.com/25366
Nigel Morris, Independent.co.uk, December 27, 2002
Nato would back attack if inspectors find arms
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=364541&dir=508&host=3
BBC News, December 27, 2002
Who's who in Iraqi opposition
US-led action against Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq would likely
involve the help of internal and external opponents of the regime.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1881381.stm
DAWN, December 27, 2002
UN fears exodus of one million refugees from Iraq
http://www.dawn.com/2002/12/24/int4.htm
Yahoo Singapore News, December 27, 2002
Saddam planned to use bioweapons in Gulf War: CIA
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/021223/1/35yle.html
Pentagon to fund Iraqi groups
United States President George W Bush has ordered the Pentagon to
provide up to $92m in aid to groups opposed to Iraqi leader Saddam
Hussein.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2560687.stm
William Pfaff, IHT, December 27, 2002
After Saddam: An occupation nobody wants
http://www.iht.com/articles/80884.html
Michael Evans, TimesOnline, December 27, 2002
Why any war with Iraq will be over in a flash
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-523686,00.html
Jim Lobe, AT, December 20, 2002
A liberated Iraq, free to choose
While United States military strategists are refining their plans for
invading Iraq early next year, the configuration of a post-invasion
Iraq remains a matter of hot debate within the administration of
President George W Bush.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/DL20Ak01.html
Scott Peterson, CSM, December 20, 2002
Few but proud: US antiwar activists in Iraq
A Chicago-based group has set up a 'peace team' in Baghdad.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1217/p01s04-wome.html
Nicholas Blanford, CSM, December 20, 2002
Kuwaitis question US ambitions
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1219/p06s02-wome.html
Dr Abdul Qader Tash, Daily Times, December 20, 2002
Christian fundamentalists and American hegemony
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-12-2002_pg4_12
Jason Burke, Guardian Unlimited, December 20, 2002
US cash squads 'buy' Iraqi tribes
http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,860269,00.html
Michael Dobbs, IHT, December 20, 2002
Saddam gets ready for long, tough fight
http://www.iht.com/articles/80386.html
Physicians for Human Rights, December 20, 2002
On the Fifth Anniversary of Landmine Treaty, President Urged by
Retired General, Members of Congress, and Others to Remove
Antipersonnel Mines from Iraq War Arsenal
http://www.banminesusa.org/news/952_iraqmines.htm
Canadian Press, canada.com, December 20, 2002
Poll suggests Americans don't buy Bush administration war case
http://www.canada.com/news/story.asp?id={189B7EE3-C859-423C-9FBD-99257A9C79A6}
John Hughes, CSM, December 20, 2002
War within a war: the press and the Pentagon
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1218/p09s02-cojh.htm
IRAQ/UNMOVIC, December 13, 2002
Documents Alert for Iraq
http://www.un.dk/doc/Iraq-alert.htm
Judith Miller and Lowell Bergman, NYT, Dec 13, 2002
Iraq Opposition Is Pursuing Ties With Iranians
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/13/international/middleeast/13OPPO.html?ex=1040760277&
ei=1&en=c1e274e94dd38641
Larry Chin, Center for Research on Globalisation, December 10, 2002
The deep politics of regime removal in Iraq: Overt conquest, covert operations
http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHI211A.html
Leaked Report on Iraqi Weapons
Democracy Now, December 20, 2002
Top-secret Iraq Report Reveals U.S. Corporations, Gov't Agencies and
Nuclear Labs Helped Illegally Arm Iraq
http://www.democracynow.org/Zumach.htm
Tony Paterson, Independent, December 20, 2002
Leaked report says German and US firms supplied arms to Saddam
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=362566
Jonathan Power, TFF Associate, December 20, 2002
Nuclear war can be avoided in Korea
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2002/12.02_KoreaNuclearWar.html
Feature - Worldwatch Institute, Press Release, Dec 20, 2002
From War Zones to Shopping Malls: New study reveals deadly link
between consumer demand and third world resource wars
The world's insatiable demand for cellular phones and other consumer
luxuries is fueling violent conflict and killing millions in
developing countries.
http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/162/press.html
Feature - William Pfaff, IHT, December 20, 2002
Incompatibility of values. Islam and the West
http://www.iht.com/articles/79945.html
Feature - R. Nolan, FPA, December 20, 2002
American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy
This week, FPA speaks with Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich, Director of the
Center for International Relations at Boston University.
http://www.fpa.org/topics_info2414/topics_info_show.htm?doc_id=138121
American Empire: The Realities and Consequences of U.S. Diplomacy.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0674009401/tfftransnfoun-20
Feature - John Pilger, itv.com, December 20, 2002
Hidden Agendas. The films and writing of John Pilger
Two years ago a project set up by the men who now surround George W
Bush said what America needed was "a new Pearl Harbor". Its published
aims have, alarmingly, come true.
http://pilger.carlton.com/print/124759
EU-NATO Deal
Joseph Fitchett, IHT, December 20, 2002
NATO agrees to help new EU force
http://www.iht.com/articles/80378.html
Paul Taylor, swissinfo, December 20, 2002
NATO clinches military deal with EU
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=1517089
Smallpox, War & Terror
University of Toronto, Canada, December 20, 2002
Statement of G7 Health Ministers' Meeting with Mexico, London, March 14, 2002
http://www.g7.utoronto.ca/g7/health/london2002.html
Bo Rybeck, TFF Associate, Birger Schantz & Torsten Seeman, Dec. 3, 2002
The Smallpox Threat - Fright Propaganda or Instinct of Self Preservation
Small Pox, December 13, 2002
Bush to order smallpox vaccinations for military (CNN.com)
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/11/bush.smallpox/index.html
U.S. soldiers and health workers to get smallpox shots soon (IHT)
http://www.iht.com/articles/80179.html
The New Worry: Smallpox (Time.com)
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,180313,00.html?cnn=yes
David Krieger, TFF Associate, December 13, 2002
The Bush Administration's Nuclear Policies and the Response of Citizens
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Krieger_BushNuclearPolicy.html
Jonathan Power, TFF Associates, December 13, 2002
Saving Israel from being driven into the sea
http://www.transnational.org/forum/power/2002/12.01_Israel.html
Shastri Ramachandaran, TFF Associate, Dec. 13, 2002
Sri Lanka's path to peace
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Ramachandaran_SriLanka.html
New Delhi marches to Bush tune
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Ramachandaran_NewDelhiBush.html
Biljana Vankovska, TFF Associate, December 13, 2002
Current Perspectives on Macedonia: the Struggle for Peace, Democracy
and Security
http://www.boell.de/en/05_world/1733.html
Feature - Christopher Deliso, UPI, December 13, 2002
Analysis: Murky Balkan oil movements
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021202-115200-7293r
Feature - Mike Allen and Barton Gellman, IHT, Dec 13, 2002
Washington is ready to use A-arms in a biowar
http://www.iht.com/articles/80020.html
Johan Galtung & Dietrich Fischer, TFF Associates, Dec.10, 2002
The Iraq Conflict 2002: A TRANSCEND Perspective
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Galtung%26Fischer_Iraq.html
Ann-Sofi Jakobsson Hatay, TFF Associate, December 10, 2002
The Orphan Peace Plan: Kofi Annan's Proposal For a Reunited Cyprus
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/JakobssonHatay_Cyprus.html
PressInfo # 167, December 6, 2002
Iraq - Twelve Years of Sanctions: Justified Punishment or Illegal Treatment?
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2002/PF167_IraqSanctions.html
P Å N O R D I S K A S P R Å K
PressInfo # 168, 24 januari 2003, på svenska
Ett krig mot Irak blir inte rätt för att det har FN-mandat!
Regeringar, redaktörer, kommentatorer och till och med de som verkar
för att stödja Förenta nationerna uttrycker för närvarande som sin
uppfattning att ett krig mot Irak är, eller kommer att vara,
godtagbart om Förenta staterna och andra "går tillbaka" till FN:s
säkerhetsråd och får ett "FN-mandat" innan de går till anfall...
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2003/pf168_KrigIrak_SV.html
PressInfo # 168, 17 januari 2003, på dansk
Et FN mandat gør ikke en krig mod Irak mere rigtig
Regeringer, journalister og kommentatorer, ja selv FNstøtter
udtrykker for tiden den opfattelse at en krig mod Irak er eller vil
være acceptabel, hvis USA og andre "går tilbage" til Sikkerhedsrådet
og får et "FNmandat" før de angriber...
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2003/pf168_KrigIrak_DK.html
Jan Öberg, TFF direktör, DN, 31 december 2002
Aktivt EU kan stoppa Irak-krig
Krig presenteras som den enda lösningen på konflikten med Irak. FN:s
säkerhetsråds resolution 1441 minskar inte risken för att USA i
januari eller februari nästa år - med eller utan FN:s godkännande -
angriper, besätter och kontrollerar Irak.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1391&a=90324&previousRenderType=5
Jan Öberg, TFF direktör, DN Debatt, 31 december 2002
Debattera "Aktivt EU kan stoppa Irak-krig"
Läs insändare och skriv ett inlägg i debatten om Jan Öbergs artikel.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1391&a=90324&previousRenderType=1&forummode=
show
IRAK
DN, 31 december 2002
Irakkonflikten toppnyhet 2003
Kriget mot terrorismen toppade listan över 2002 års viktigaste
nyheter och Irakkriget kommer att ta den platsen nästa år, tror
nyhetschefer på redaktioner världen över. Reuters har gjort en enkät
inför årsskiftet.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=148&a=92104&previousRenderType=2
Poul Husted, Politiken.dk, 20 december 2002
USA vil anvende landminer i Irak
Det er den amerikanske Kampagne for et Forbud mod Landminer, som har
afsløret, at USA er ved at opbygge lagre med miner på amerikanske
baser i landene omkring Irak.
http://politiken.dk/link/mail.iasp?PageID=247535
Feature - Bengt Albons, DN, 27 december 2002
USA hemlig vän i kalla kriget
Hemliga, tidigare okända dokument och ett hundratal intervjuer är
underlaget för den rapport som ambassadör Rolf Ekéus nu lagt fram om
svensk säkerhetspolitik under kalla krigets sista tid.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1042&a=89989&previousRenderType=6
Feature - Bo Pellnäs, DN Debatt, 27 december 2002
"Lita inte på USA"
Min egen erfarenhet av amerikansk underrättelsetjänst är att hur lätt
underrättelser fabriceras....även en demokrati är beredd att nyttja
lögner för att gagna egna intressen.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=90991
Feature - Greenpeace Norden, 20 december 2002
Star Wars og Thule. Stop Star Wars Briefing (april 2001)
Danmark har et usædvanligt stort ansvar i sagen om det amerikanske
missilforsvar. Uanset om der bliver tale om et nationalt eller
internationalt missilskjold, så er Thule-radaren udset til at spille
en helt central rolle i Star Wars.
http://www.greenpeace.se/projects/starwars/html/brief5.htm
Feature - Poul Husted, Politiken.dk, 20 december 2002
Pentagon vil føre propagandakrig
http://politiken.dk/link/mail.iasp?PageID=247999
Feature - Thomas Hammarberg, OPIC, 20 dec 2002
Framtidens ödesfrågor måste lösas
http://www.palmecenter.se/Article.asp?Article_id=2492&Category_Id=maga4&parent_id=AKT
UELLT
Feature - A. Lindh och E. Tuomioja, DN.Debatt, 20 december 2002
Kontrakt tvingar alla agera mot terror
Gemensamt EU-förslag från Sveriges och Finlands utrikesministrar.
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=89107&previousRenderType=2
Feature - Gellert Tamas, OPIC, 20 december 2002
Mary Robinson leder nytt initiativ: Globalisering med mänskligt ansikte
http://www.palmecenter.se/Article.asp?Article_id=2499&Category_Id=maga4&parent_id=AKT
Danske humanitære organisationer, kendte danskere og
TFF, 17 december 2002, publiceret i Politiken:
Åbent Brev til Folketing og Regering:
Hvad indebærer en krig mod Irak?
En række humanitære organisationer og enkeltpersoner opfordrer i et
åbent brev regeringen og Folketinget til at sikre sig det bedst
mulige grundlag for beslutningen om, hvorvidt Danmark skal støtte en
eventuel krig mod Irak. Der må gøres realistiske analyser af de
mulige konsekvenser og skabes debat både i Folketinget og i den brede
offentlighed. (Et TFF-initiativ)
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/AbentBrev_IrakDK.html
Smittkoppor, Krig & Terror
Pressmeddelande - Pressemeddelelse
Ny rapport slår larm om risker för smittkoppsepidemi vid Irak-krig
11 december 2002 - på dansk og svensk
http://www.transnational.org/pressinf/2002/PeaceTips_Rybeck_Smittkopp.html
Bo Rybeck, TFF rådgivare, Birger Schantz & Torsten Seeman, 3 dec 2002
Smittkoppshotet - skrämselpropaganda eller självbevarelsedrift
http://www.transnational.org/forum/meet/2002/Rybeck_Smallpox_SV.html
Jan Öberg, TFF direktör, Lund, 13 december 2002
Konfliktlösning, inte krig, med Irak
http://www.transnational.org/kalejdo/2002/konfliktlosning_Irak.html
Intervju med Jan Øberg, TFF direktør, dansk tv2, 13 dec 2002
Iagttagere: USA ønsker en krig mod Irak
http://nyhederne.tv2.dk/tema.php3?id=2224
Feature serie -
Media och krig, 13 december 2002
Kosovokonflikten, medierna och medlidandet
http://www.psycdef.se/bibliotek/report_show.asp?FileID=73
Medias Roll i Kosovo - Journalister i Händerna på Krigsstrateger
http://www.jicmedia.se/dnkosovo.htm
Kosovokonflikten - propaganda en naturlig del av nyhetsrapporteringen
http://www.psycdef.se/nyheter/23.asp?visa=52
Propagandakriget under Kosovokonflikten
http://www.psycdef.se/nyheter/23.asp?visa=53
En rad artiklar om hur man har använt median för att påverka
konflikten i Kosovo.
Feature - Ann-Cathrin Jarl & Birgitta Hambreus, DN, 10 dec 2002
FN kan inte godkänna anfallskrig
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=86246&previousRenderType=2
Feature - Wilhelm Agrell, DN, 10 december 2002
Stöd inte ett krig som föder terror
http://www.dn.se/DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=572&a=86234&maNo=-1
Feature - Fritz C. Holte, 10 december 2002
En annen verden er mulig
http://www.fritzholte.com/index.html
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