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What A Difference 3 Years Makes: UK News Coverage of Why the Inspectors Left Iraq In 1998 and 1999 it was difficult…
Introduction To read the 34 short pages (pp.20-54) at the heart of former chief UN arms inspector Scott Ritter’s book, War On…
Pacifying people by passing over Western crimes and focusing laser-like on the crimes of demonised enemies is one thing. Infinitely more effective,…
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A current Peugeot advert depicts an Indian driver in a dusty, impoverished village smashing his wreck of a car – what appears…
It is ironic that when politicians hail the urgent need to defend ourdemocratic traditions, their words are generally communicated by giantmedia corporations,…
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