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No 11/12, November-January 2001/2002

31 Jul 2010, 12:25 AM

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Special Supplement: Red Cross (click for more!) Editorial Pro memoria: The Reichstag Fire Or why it is worthwhile contemplating historical events by Dr Annemarie Buchholz, Historian The Islamic World Targeted by the West? Clash of or Dialogue Between Civilizations? by Nadia Weiss Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933 by Major General Smedley Butler, USMC US: From Isolated Republic to Global Empire Rumsfeld and His Crew An American-led global war was imminent long before September 11 Project for the New American Century Pentagon Uses Afghan War as Model for Iraq by Rowan Scarborough Bush: until we tell them The Truth Has Been Lost Israelis are behind Palestinian attacks in Israel by Matthias Erne Zinnis latest attempt to mediate between Palestinians and Israelis Fewer attacks Arms smuggling prevented? Pope calling for Reconciliation and Dialogue Urbi et Orbi Message of His Holiness Pope John Paul II A View of Neutrality by Roberta M. Gilbert M. D. Hail, Switzerland! by Joseph Sobran Moving Toward a Police State or Have We Arrived? Secret Military Tribunals, Mass Arrests, Disappearances, Wiretapping and Torture by Michael Ratner, New York EU Social Democrat Leaders Back a Further Assault on National Democracy Statement from the National Platform, Ireland The only thing in Afghanistan that could possibly count as collateral value is its citizenry From: Arundhati Roy, The Algebra of Infinite Justice The Democratic Republic of Congo: Systematic Plundering of the Countrys Mineral Resources by Joseph M. Kyalangilwa, President of the Civil Society of South Kivu

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