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Dear list members, With the approval of its author, I am appending an e-mail that outlines the US National Public Radio's recent stories on Iraq. Best, Colin Rowat work | Room 406, Department of Economics | The University of Birmingham | Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK | web.bham.ac.uk/c.rowat | (+44/0) 121 414 3754 | (+44/0) 121 414 7377 (fax) | c.rowat@bham.ac.uk personal | (+44/0) 7768 056 984 (mobile) | (+44/0) 7092 378 517 (fax) | (707) 221 3672 (US fax) | c.rowat@espero.org.uk Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:56:56 EDT From: EvanZSiegel@aol.com I'd like to recommend National Public Radio online <http://www.npr.org/> as a useful source of information as we hurdle to war with Iraq. Here are some of the stories you can get from its MidEast section http://www.npr.org/news/specials/mideast/index.html Some GOP Lawmakers Question Possible Attack on Iraq Weapons Inspectors Commentator Stephen Baker is a retired Rear Admiral, and now a senior advisor at the Center for Defense Information in Washington, D.C. He cautions that before the Bush Adminstration moves toward an invasion of Iraq, it should pursue the return of United Nations weapons inspectors to Baghdad. Iraq In yesterday's Washington Post, military correspondent Thomas Ricks reported on U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's displeasure with the cautious and staid handling of the ongoing war on terrorism and the proposed military action against Iraq. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Ricks about the war of words within the Pentagon. (8:00) Iraq Scott Simon speaks with Geoffrey Kemp, director of Regional Strategic Programs at the Nixon Center, and Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland. They talk about the Bush administration's policy on Iraq. (7:00) Iraq Hearings NPR's Mary Louise Kelly reports on two days of hearings on Capitol Hill over whether the United States should force Saddam Hussein from power. President Bush says Saddam Hussein's threat to international peace calls for the U.S. to attack first. But legal experts say it's not clear that President Bush can make a self-defense argument that complies with the UN charter. The U.S. risks losing the support of its allies if it launches what would be the first major pre-emptive strike in American history. (4:01) There was a fascinating interview done a few days ago with Scott Ritter, the former UNSCOM chief who has come out strongly against an invasion. I can't seem to find it on the NPR archive, although it is supposed to be there. I would commend the following related stories, though: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/81412_sean6.shtml http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=13710 http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0731/p09s02-coop.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2161552.stm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23545-2002Jul30.html The beating of the war drums in the American media, particularly the talk radio stations from which most Americans get their "news" of the world, is deafening. It might be good to listen to these other voices. Evan Siegel _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk