Monthly Archive: February 2003

February 28, 2003

Download MP3 Blix Report #3 (3:28) The Iraqi government has agreed to destroy its  Al-Samoud surface-to-air missiles, meeting a key demand of United Nations weapons inspectors. The move comes as the Security Council prepares to...

February 27, 2003

Download MP3 Bush’s Feb 26th Speech  (4:02) Last night, in a televised address to an Annual dinner of the American Enterprise Institute President Bush again warned that the UN Security Council needed to assert its...

February 26, 2003

Download MP3 Agent Orange in Supreme Court  (3:16) The Supreme Court this morning heard an appeal brought by the manufacturers of Agent Orange, the notorious cocktail of herbicides the US government used in the early...

February 25, 2003

Download MP3 Amos King Execution Tomorrow  (3:47) Confirming what many have alleged for years, that racism plays a big role in sending African Americans to death row, the supreme court today ruled 8-1 that Texas...

February 24, 2003

Download MP3 New UN Resolution from US The US and Britain were expected to introduce another UN resolution today which would give Iraq what President Bush calls “one last chance” to disarm or face...

February 21, 2003

Download MP3 Japan Will Strike North Korea First Japanese government officials have announced their intentions to launch pre-emptive strikes against North Korea if they discover North Korean plans of a missile attack against Japan.  Japan’s...

February 20, 2003

Download MP3 Turks Resist US Pressure The Turkish Parliament is today considering a motion on whether to allow US forces to use their land to open up a northern front for a possible war...

February 19, 2003

Download MP3 Bolivian Cabinet Resigns The Bolivian President’s 18-member cabinet resigned today after a week of protests capped off by a march yesterday where tens of thousands again took to the streets angry at...

February 18, 2003

Download MP3 Iraqis Prepare for War President Bush confirmed today that the US is drafting a new UN Resolution on Iraq, though the President also insisted that UN backing was not necessary for a...

February 17, 2003

Download MP3 Millions Protest Pending War French President Jacques Chirac said today that at this point, France would oppose any effort to draft a new U.N. resolution to explicitly authorize war against Iraq. This...