PARIS, Jan. 29
Foreign Affairs
Old Europe, Meet New Europe
United We Stand Eight European leaders are as one with President Bush. Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:45 p.m. EST (Editor’s note: This article is written by Jose Mar
Read It and Weep
We must have faith in the UN: Later this year, the U.N.-established Conference on Disarmament will seat a new president: Iraq. The nation under scrutiny by the world body for weapons of mass destruction will have control
Now We Need The French
I didn’t think we needed the French involved in the entire Iraq issue until I saw this on Common Dreams: Greenpeace Activists Block Military Port in Iraq Protest International pressure group Greenpeace today stepped up its campaign against war with Iraq by blocking a major UK military port, according to the charity. At 9am today, …
Verbal Gymnastics
Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in his own words: Mr. ElBaradei said his inspectors had made “good progress” in its inspections. “With our verification system now in place, barring exceptional circumstances, and provided there is sustained, pro-active cooperation by Iraq, we should be able within the next few months to provide …
Afghan Attack
Does anyone know anything else about this: KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan intelligence officers said Sunday they had foiled a plan to launch rocket attacks on the U.S. Embassy, international peacekeepers and Kabul airport at the weekend. Engineer Amin, head of intelligence for Kabul, told Reuters his men had found 30 BM-21 rockets in the Tara …
The Post Gets It
The whole editorial is worthy, but here is an important snippet: The French and Germans are right about war: It is always terrible, it can have unpredictable results, and democracies can embrace it only as a last resort. Yet their posturing, combined with the waffling of Mr. Blix, has made war more rather than less …