Peace – Page 245 – People's World

Israeli assassination of Palestinians condemned

September 5, 2003

The 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...

Koreas remain dangerous flashpoint

September 5, 2003

Last week’s six-country meeting on reducing tensions and easing the nuclear standoff on the Korean peninsula ended with a mixture of hope and uncertainty. The three-day talks in Beijing between the two Koreas, the United States,...

Soldier likes Military Families story

September 5, 2003

Sal, our soldier friend in Iraq, was encouraged when the new organization “Military Families Speak Out” (www.mfso.org) started holding public activities in Texas. He writes: Dear Jim, I forwarded information about the MFSO demo to my...

Iraq crisis escalates: Bush seeks to share burden, keep U.S. control

September 5, 2003 By Susan Webb

In yet another escalation of terrorist violence in Iraq, a massive car bomb killed one of the country’s most prominent Shiite religious leaders and some 100 others in the holy city of Najaf Aug. 29. It...

Protesters say: no more nukes!

August 15, 2003

LIVERMORE, Calif. – Over 1,200 demonstrators from many organizations gathered near Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Aug. 10 to demand the Bush administration end plans to develop new nuclear weapons and fulfill its obligation under the Nuclear...