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25336 British public support for war growing -- rank: 1000

Carl Remick wrote: >The 15-point swing in public opinion recorded by the ICM survey >means that there is now a clear majority, 54%, who back military >action, after a sharp rise from 38% just a week ago. The results >represent a sudden and widespread shift in public mood in Britain. > >Opposition to the war has slumped in the past seven days from 44% to >only 30% of the public, the lowest level since the Guardian began >tracking public opinion on this issue last August. . ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 14:24:00 PST 2003

25337 And the firefighting contract goes toooooooo.......... -- rank: 1000

loupaulsen at attbi.com wrote: >Can I have the envelope please! >(Perhaps this will shock you, or awe you.. perhaps not) I'm mildly shocked that it was a no-bid contract. They're not even trying to keep up appearances. Shameless, totally shameless. Doug

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Date:	Tue Mar 25 14:19:08 PST 2003

25338 eBay seller rejects Canadian buyer -- rank: 1000

<http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,58190,00.html> 02:00 AM Mar. 25, 2003 PT VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- On eBay, the highest bid wins -- unless the item on sale is a laser printer from CompAtlanta and the bidder happens to be Canadian. That's what a tax consultant discovered last week when he tried to buy a printer on eBay, but was refused by the vendor when it was discovered he lived in Vancouver. David Ingram received notification that his winning bid of $24.50 had been canceled, ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 14:14:19 PST 2003

25339 Popular Uprising In Basra? -- rank: 1000

loupaulsen at attbi.com wrote: >The report was aired on the Sky News TV channel in London. ...a Murdoch property, right? The chem weapons story came from Fox (Murdoch) and Jerusalem Post (Conrad Black). Do I detect a pattern here? Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 14:09:00 PST 2003

25340 Ayn Rand sez: Death of Civilians Should Not Hinder War Effort -- rank: 1000

Dear Editor, The idea that killing civilians in war is immoral cripples America's war effort. It is a self-defeating idea and our enemies know it. This is why Saddam's troops are taking cover in heavily populated urban areas, including nurseries, hospitals, and schools. They think they are safe as long as they shield themselves with enough civilian bodies. Americans must understand that the responsibility for any civilian deaths in this war is not ours but Saddam Hussein's. Americans must reali ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 14:05:10 PST 2003

25341 must be all those French speakers in Quebec -- rank: 1000

U.S. Raps Canada on Iraq, Says Should Quiet Critics By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Canada took the unusual step on Tuesday of openly criticizing Ottawa for not backing the war on Iraq (news - web sites) and urged Prime Minister Jean Chretien to muzzle anti-U.S. sentiment in his government. The comments by an angry Paul Cellucci dramatically reflected how much relations between the two close allies and trading partners have deteriorated over the last few months, main ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 11:22:00 PST 2003

25342 NACLA seeks editor -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >At 07:54 PM 03/24/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) seeks a senior >>editor to coordinate all aspects of publishing our bimonthly journal, >>NACLA Report on the Americas. > >Who the hell can live in NYC on 30,000/year? Oh, probably about 4-5 million people. Doug

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 11:09:39 PST 2003

25343 Popular Uprising In Basra? -- rank: 1000

mike larkin wrote: >This phrase is running across the BBC web tickler at: >http://news.bbc.co.uk. There's no linked article; not >even sure what it means; uprising against Saddam? >Against the U.S./British? > >Has anyone heard about this? Hey, it was good for stox... Doug ---- Stocks Up on Unconfirmed Basra Reports 49 minutes ago By Haitham Haddadin NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied at midday on Tuesday, as investors welcomed an unconfirmed report of an uprising against Sadda ...

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Date:	Tue Mar 25 11:04:39 PST 2003

25344 Wow! -- rank: 1000

Nathan Newman wrote: >But you still have had a country >overrun and its capital city besieged in less than a week-- the casualties >from city fighting will no doubt be gruesome and the political costs of >victory astronomical, but I wouldn't overdo it. Financial Times - March 25, 2003 WAR IN IRAQ MILITARY: Generals deny advance is too fast, too far By Peter Spiegel in Washington Towards the end of 1942, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was rushing towards Cairo, pushing his Afrika C ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 10:46:27 PST 2003

25345 The Independent on Iraqi strategy -- rank: 1000

Alan Jacobson wrote: >I just don't understand the US strategy: Ask Rummy - it's all his idea. As BizWeek put it: "'Rummy' is the architect of a new kind of warfare that initially stirred controversy among the brass. Rather than follow the strategy of recent campaigns - a weeks-long air war followed by a ground invasion - the U.S. is likely to bomb Iraq for a day or two, while almost simultaneously unleashing a fierce ground war." That was written a few days before the war started, b ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 10:42:11 PST 2003

25346 WB press review on Iraq -- rank: 1000

[from the World Bank's press review] ===================================================================== UN Warns of Civilian Crisis in Basra, Set to Vote on Post-War Iraq ===================================================================== UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday called for "urgent measures" to restore electricity and water in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, which was under siege by US and British troops, amid fears its inhabitants "may be facing a humanita ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 10:36:49 PST 2003

25347 POW's -- rank: 1000

Mark Bennett wrote: >I believe Carrol's analysis is accurate. The soldiers' revolt did much more >to end the Vietnam war than the "vocal opposition" of the anti-war movement, >which was effective primarily to the extent that it helped radicalize the >G.I.s. How can you separate all these things? The antiwar movement was inseparable from the "counterculture" - which I suppose is suspect by hardcore politicos because it involved what Judith Butler calls the "m ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 10:00:36 PST 2003

25348 parched & starving & angry -- rank: 1000

Sydney Morning Herald - March 25, 2003 Hope turns to anger for the parched and starving Days into the US-led war, Iraq's civilians are still waiting for the food, water and other help Washington and London promised they would distribute behind their advancing soldiers. But with unexpectedly tough combat holding up the humanitarian aid convoys, hope is rapidly turning to anger against the invaders. "This war has quickly turned us into beggars," an old man who gave his name as Farak said ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 09:51:59 PST 2003

25349 NYC DA call for Thursday -- rank: 1000

<http://nyc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=52105&group=webcast> Call for Autonomous Direct Action in NYC, 7AM, Thursday 3/27! by Malatesta 10:59pm Sun Mar 23 '03 (Modified on 12:26am Mon Mar 24 '03) No Business as Usual! Get your affinity groups together and plan for autonomous direct actions against the war in the streets of NYC at 7AM on Thursday 3/27! NYC Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarians are calling for city-wide, roving street blockades and other autonomous actions to protes ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 09:44:44 PST 2003

25350 Goldman Sachs on Iraq -- rank: 1000

Goldman Sachs wrote in yesterday's daily economic commentary: >Iraqi troops and citizens are not embracing the coalition >forces as liberators to the extent hoped. This means that >imposition of democracy in Iraq is likely to be more difficult >and that US efforts will provoke greater resentment than hoped. >We have no doubts that the coalition forces will be victorious. >However, difficulties in securing the peace could have a number >of negative implications for the econo ...

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Author:	Doug Henwood
Date:	Tue Mar 25 09:16:39 PST 2003