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U.S. military bases cast shadow across Japan
March 5, 2004ATAMI, Japan – Muneyoshi Furugen has lived in the shadow of the U.S. bases on Okinawa all of his life. He speaks in a calm and deliberate manner with a small smile. Yet underneath, when he...
Read moreIraqi women, workers say: U.S. out!
March 5, 2004As Iraq moved to take back political sovereignty, Iraqi trade unionists and women’s organizations condemned bloody terrorist attacks that killed some 300 people and wounded many others at religious observances in Baghdad and Karbala this week.
Read moreU.S.-backed coup spurs terror in Haiti
March 5, 2004The ouster of democratically-elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide by a U.S.-sponsored coup has plunged Haiti into chaos, with right-wing death squads unleashing a campaign of terror and bloodletting against Aristide supporters across the country. Vigilantes and paramilitary...
Read moreVenezuelans rally against U.S. meddling
March 4, 2004CARACAS – The streets of Venezuela’s capital were a sea of red on Sunday, Feb. 29, as hundreds of thousands of pro-Chávez supporters demonstrated their anger at U.S. intervention in Venezuelan affairs. After President Hugo Chávez...
Read moreTruth and the cold warrior
February 27, 2004Opinion I spent four years in the Navy (1957-61) and four in the Air Force (1961-65). I joined because I was outgrowing my foster home and wanted to travel. During my eight years I don’t recall...
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