Posted: March 25, 2003
Updated: March 30, 2003

WHO reports 300+ Iraqi civilian dead with 4,000+ injuries - Exclusive to Straight Goods from Christopher Johnson in Amman, with files from Urban Hamid in Baghdad
  Thousands of pregnant women, cancer patients, and chronically ill patients are indirect casualties of war.

Iraq news, commentary and resources

This war suitable for prime-time viewing - Linda McQuaig
  War in the Twilight Zone between spin and reality.
 

Precision-guided missiles still wound - Robert Fisk, Toronto Star
  A child's agony reminds us that war is about suffering.
 
 

When smart bombs turn out to be dumb - Penney Kome
  Most current GPS directed weapons... are simply less accurate than laser-guided bombs.
 

US-UK Smart bombs lose IQ - hit Iran - Reuters, via Truthout

Blog from Baghdad - Guardian et al
  The most vivid accounts of the war have appeared on the Internet - on the weblog of an unknown Iraqi writing under the name Salam Pax.

Adrift in the guacamole - Andrew Reding, Pacific News Center
  Though France took the heat for its promised veto of the US war resolution on Iraq, Latin America was, in fact, the resolution's defeater.

Project for a New American Century
  The 1997 blueprint for war in Iraq by top Bushites Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle et al.

Al Jazeerah in English - link supplied by Penney Kome
  Voices from the other side.
 
 

Addiction, Brain Damage and the President "Dry Drunk" Syndrome and George W. Bush - Katherine Van Wormer, CounterPunch
  Slang term for recovering alcoholic who is no longer drinking but whose thinking is clouded may be quite apt.

History 101 - why Hussein is not like Hitler - Robert Fisk
  Shame upon these pygmies and their lies.
 

When Democracy Failed: the warnings of history - Thom Hartmann
  US politics have eerie similarities to events in Germany 70 years ago.

Great moments for peace - Mike Martin
  Kudos to Steve Nash, the Dixie Chicks and protest kids everywhere.
 
 

Canada's Pulse

Why Iraqis will pay for 9/11 - Marc Zwelling
  The American public's support for the war stands on a false premise.
 

Which Americans back war? - UPI
  Overall, those sectors of the public that supported Bush in 2000 have been most eager for war today.

In other news
Cruise Ship Industry: Impacts underestimated - benefits overblown - CCPA
  Ports in the Maritimes need to assess the economic, environmental and social impacts of cruise ships before buying the full package.

Independent ethics commissioner shouldn't scare big business away from government - Aaron Freeman
  Paul Martin's agreed to sell his shipping line, but argues that tight ethics rules will keep big biz out of big government.

Communities, rights and change
Ontario Tories dragged kicking and screaming to more day care - Reuel S. Amdur
  Federal carrots budge intransigent ideologues.

Your Earth

Three ways to a better world now - Suzanne Elston
  Simple ways to contribute cash to charities - without spending.
 

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