International – Page 627

Profiting from a liberated Iraq

March 28, 2003

While U.S. war aims are couched in terms of “liberating” Iraq, the Bush administration is already divvying up the spoils of war. Long before troops moved into Iraq – even before Bush put forward his 48-hour...

In Iraq, casualties mount on both sides

March 28, 2003 By Susan Webb

“It’s all for nothing; that war could have been prevented,” Michelle Waters, sister of Staff Sgt. Kendall Waters-Bey, one of the first U.S. casualties of the Iraq war, said, tears running down her cheeks.

U.S. intensifies hostilities toward Cuba

March 27, 2003

The Cuban government warned of increased hostile activity by the Bush administration aimed at “destabilizing and subverting the constitutional order, infringing the law, conspiring against social development, boycotting economic relations, threatening the security and destroying the...

Humanitarian crisis deepens in Iraq

March 27, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

With the threat of a humanitarian crisis growing daily, international aid agencies have called upon U.S. armed forces to take urgent measures to help the Iraqi people obtain water and other aid necessary for survival.

After U.S. invades Iraq, protests circle the globe

March 27, 2003

In the wake of last week’s attack on Iraq by U.S. and British troops, millions around the world poured into the streets for practically continuous anti-war actions. A small sampling follows. In India, thousands organized by...