Positive Universe Abstracts

Guardian Unlimited, UK
The ill-conceived and badly executed campaign in Iraq is directly responsible for spawning a new generation of terrorists
Henry Porter
Sunday October 1, 2006
The Observer
When Alexander the Great swept through Asia Minor in 337BC, he came to the impregnable mountain fortress of Termessos, not far from the modern-day Turkish city of Antalya. Termessos possessed a [...]

Prison Planet
Legislation tolls the bell for the day America died, birth of the dictatorship
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones
PrisonPlanet.com | September 29 2006
Buried amongst the untold affronts to the Bill of Rights, the Constitution and the very spirit of America, the torture bill contains a definition of “wrongfully aiding the enemy” which labels all American [...]

Amnesty International USA
By passing the Military Commissions Act, the United States Congress has, in effect, given its stamp of approval to human rights violations committed by the USA in the “war on terror”. This legislation leaves the USA squarely on the wrong side of international law, and has turned bad executive policy into bad domestic [...]

Washington Post
Thursday, September 28, 2006; 10:06 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration is concealing the level of violence against U.S. troops in Iraq and the situation there is growing worse despite White House and Pentagon claims of progress, journalist Bob Woodward said in advance of a new book.
Insurgent attacks against U.S.-led forces in Iraq occurred, [...]

Reuters AlertNet, UK
Source: Human Rights Watch
(Washington, D.C., September 26, 2006) The U.S. Congress should vote down the draft military commissions and detainee treatment bill, Human Rights Watch said today. In denying the fundamental right of habeas corpus to detainees held abroad, defining “unlawful enemy combatants” in a dangerously broad manner, and limiting protections against [...]

CounterPunch, CA
A Crisis Upon Us
By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
A number of experts have concluded that despite the Bush administration’s desire to attack Iran, the aggression would be too rash and the consequences too dire even for the irrational Bush administration.
Military experts point out that at a time when generals are calling for more troops for Afghanistan [...]

GlobalResearch.ca
by Dennis Kucinich (h)
Urgent Letter from Dennis Kucinich about Bush Administration Plans for a US War vs. Iran
Dear Friends,
The Bush Administration is preparing for war against Iran, using an almost identical drumbeat of weapons of mass destruction, imminent threat, alleged links to Al Queda, and even linking Iran with a future 911.
In the past few [...]