International
$87 billion for Iraq: Another Vietnam?
September 12, 2003President Bush stunned the nation Sunday night with his request for an additional $87 billion for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. In a hastily-scheduled television speech, Bush sought to defend the Iraq war and occupation...
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International Notes
September 5, 2003Chile: Pinochet trial blocked Chile’s appeals court has blocked the latest effort to bring former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet to justice for the disappearances and killings of thousands of political opponents including Communist Party members, following...
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50 years later, new plots against Iran
September 5, 2003“Regime change” is not a new policy. Fifty years ago, on Aug. 19, 1953, the CIA with British assistance embarked on a similar policy with catastrophic consequences. Its damaging effects are still being felt in the...
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Chile remembers 1973 coup
September 5, 2003Chileans are commemorating the 30th anniversary of the fascist coup and the murder of former President Salvador Allende on Sept. 11, 1973, in a variety of ways. Allende was the first Socialist to win the position...
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Israeli assassination of Palestinians condemned
September 5, 2003The Israeli air force assassinated two leaders of the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas party, Aug. 30. The helicopter rocket attack on the Hamas leaders’ car, on a main street of a Gaza Strip refugee...
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