Archived Antiwar.com Home Page from June 28, 2005

Highlights

Trading, Not Invading: Leon Hadar

Negotiations Not Enough: Ivan Eland

The Axis of Demagogues: Norman Solomon

Last Throes of US Dominance: Paul Craig Roberts

Why So Quiet, Howard?: Michael Blanding

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Updated June 28, 2005 - 11:12 PM EDT

	*Iraq: A Bloody Mess*
	As Insurgency Holds, US Prepares Long Iraq Stay
	*Poll: Bush 'Intentionally Misled' Public on Iraq*
	*US Copter With 15-20 Aboard Down in Afghanistan*
	*Bomb Kills Iraqi Assembly Member*
	*Police Open Fire on Iraq Crowd of Demonstrators*
	*Bogus Analysis Led to Terror Alert in Dec. 2003*
	*Espionage or 'Business as Usual'?*

Viewpoints

	From Tehran to Washington, Demagogues Rule by Norman Solomon
	Any Reason to Show Bush's Speech? by David Corn
	Six More Years in Iraq? by Richard Reeves

	The Last Throes of US Dominance by Paul Craig Roberts
	Why So Quiet, Howard? by Michael Blanding
	Let Steve Come Home by Daniel Stoffel
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Trading, Not Invading: US Hums Different Tune on Vietnam
by Leon Hadar

Deception, Denial, and Demagoguery: Bush Speech Sets A Record

Bush's job tonight

Frontline

	Korean Govt Cuts Off Funding for Neocon Think-Tank
	From Memos, Insights Into UK's Doubts on Iraq War
	Inside the Mind of an Iraqi Suicide Bomber
	Allawi: Militants From Syria Not Backed by Damascus
	Islamic Law Controls the Streets of Basra
	In the South, a Bid to Loosen Baghdad's Grip
	UK Government Under Fire Over Aid to Uzbekistan
	Rights Groups Detail Growing Police State

Bush to Promise More of the Same
in Prime-Time Address

Talking With the Insurgents

	US Commander Says No Talks Yet With Iraq Insurgents
	Rumsfeld Says Officials Have Not Met With al-Qaeda in Iraq
	Blair: Talks Ongoing With Pro-Insurgent Iraq Groups

Iraqi Security

	Iraqis Put on Brave Face After Rumsfeld Remarks
	Iraqi Leader: 2 Years Enough for Security
	Attacks Stymie Bid to Rebuild Mosul Police Force
	Jaafari: Attack 'Terror Camps' Abroad
	900 Iraqis Dead in Six Weeks – Humanitarian Work Continues as Crisis Deepens

Attacks Continue

	Baghdad Car Bomb Kills Four Civilians, 3 GIs Killed Elsewhere
	US Copter Down in Iraq, Two Pilots Killed
	Sunni Men in Baghdad Targeted by Attackers in Police Uniforms
	Seven Iraqis Wounded in Restaurant Attack

Iraq Occupation

	US Military to Expand Prisons in Iraq
	Pentagon Stresses Political Action in Iraq
	Halliburton Iraq Deals Described as Contract Abuse

The New Iraq

	Iraq Reports Corruption Epidemic
	Baghdad's Airport Reopens Amid Dispute With British Security
	A Look at Iraq by the Numbers
	Joint Isn't Jumping in Baghdad

Iraqi Politics

	Top Shi'ite Hints at Wider Voting Role for Sunnis
	Aziz Blames Saddam for Bloody Campaign to Suppress the Shi'ites

Global Iraq Fallout

	Egypt Opposes US Withdrawal From Iraq
	Iraqi PM in London for Talks With Blair
	Blair: UK to Stay in Iraq Until 'Job Done'
	'Tribunal' Urges Direct Action to Protest Iraq War

Afghanistan

	India's Afghan Nightmare
	In Kabul, a Struggle to Rebuild a Fabled City
	US Troops Shoot Gun-Wielding Man in Afghanistan
	Afghanistan: Government Charts Progress in Tackling Opium
	73,000 Afghans Register to Vote

Pakistan

	Pakistani Rape Case Goes to High Court
	Waziristan Militants Warn 28 Tribal Elders Against Spying for US

Nepal

	Rebels Abduct 90 High School Students in Nepal
	Nepal's Children Forced to Fight
	US Mediator Visits Nepal

Philippines

	Arroyo Admits Lapse but Denies Rigging Election
	Pressure Mounts on Philippine Leader After Election Phone Call Admission

East Asia

	Call for Tokyo to Normalize Ties With Pyongyang
	Japan to Raise North Korea Nuclear Issue at G8
	China Scolds US for Blocking Israeli Arms Sale
	Beijing Devoted to Weakening 'Enemy' US, Defector Says
	Taiwan's Vice President Asks for US Support

Russia

	Russian Air Force Chief Says Washington Still Fighting Cold War
	Russia Spurns Estonia Border Deal
	Russia's Putin Tosses Lifeline to Embattled PM

Bulgaria

	Bulgaria’s Socialist Party Fails to Win Majority
	Bulgarian Coalition Weighed

European Union

	France: EU Enlargement Should Be Halted
	Eleventh-Hour Call for EU to Halt Its Talks With Turkey
	Turkey's EU Hopes Slim, but Economy Better
	EU Crisis Talks Shift to Poland

Europe

	Schroeder Attempts to Sway US on Claim for UN Seat
	NATO Chief in Ukraine Bid Talks
	Countries Urge IRA to Reject Violence

Colombia

	Colombia Troops Mount Counterattack
	Colombian Leader in Crisis Talks With Army
	Colombia Re-Evaluating Anti-Guerrilla Tactics
	US Hostages Forgotten in Colombian Jungle

Venezuela

	Peruvian Rebels Ready to Send Troops to Venezuela
	Venezuela Set to Prove Oil-Reserves Claim

Americas

	US, Canada, Mexico Pledge Security
	Why East and West Don't Meet in Bolivia

In Other News

	Researchers: Warfare Waning Across the World
	Caspian Sea Pipeline Has Its Origins in Turbulent Waters

Detaining Justice

	Behind the Italian Order for Arrest of 13 CIA Agents
	Experts Doubt CIA Operatives Will Stand Trial in Italy
	A Year After Ruling, Gitmo Detainees Remain in Legal Limbo
	Rights Groups Detail 'Kafkaesque' US Detentions
	Pakistan Frees 17 Ex-Guantanamo Inmates
	Former Guantanamo Prisoners Freed by Pakistan Allege Koran Abuse

Plutonium

	US Resumes Production of Cold War Plutonium
	Up Close, a Plutonium Pellet and a Minor Slip of the Tongs

US Military

	California National Guard Targeted Mother’s Day Antiwar Action
	Pentagon Halts Contract With Firm Under Investigation
	Air Force Names Rabbi as Adviser on Religion

The War at Home

	Mood Split in Military Town Where Bush to Speak
	Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by Journalists in CIA Leak Case
	Poll Details: Americans Feel Misled Over Iraq Intelligence
	Democrats Criticize Undisclosed Payments to Halliburton
	Downing Street Minutes 3rd Anniversary Events July 23

Homeland Security

	Post-Sept. 11 Arrests Face New Scrutiny
	Scores of Muslim Men Jailed Without Charge

ID Cards for Brits

	Blair 'Confident' Over ID Cards
	UK Home Secretary Keen to Speed Up ID Card Plan
	Rising Cost of ID Card Plans Fuels Unease
	Blair Plays Down Fears Over ID Card Costs

Iran

	Oil Nears 61-Dollar Mark After Iran Vote
	Iran's New Hand
	On the Streets of Tehran, 'We Like America'
	Bush Urges Schroeder to Push Iran on Weapons
	Bush Asks EU to Warn Iran on Nuclear Arms
	US Still Skeptical of Iran Nuclear Talks
	Europe Fears Iran Nuke Talks Derailing
	Israel: UN Must Halt Iran Nuke Ambitons
	Nuclear Inspectors Back, Iran Reassures Worried World
	Iran's President-Elect Is New Even to Iranians
	High Turnout Showed That Iranians Cared

Lebanon/Syria

	Lebanon Assembly Blocs Back Pro-Syrian as Speaker
	Syria Denies It Fires on Israeli Positions

The Settlements

	Settlers Won't Leave Razed Gaza Buildings
	Gaza Pullout Opponents Set to Bring Chaos to Israeli Roads
	Settlers Opposing Pullout Erect New Gaza Outpost
	Palestinian Enclave Among Settlers Hopes for Relief
	14 Injured in Troops-Settlers Clash in Gaza
	Israeli Soldier Refuses Gaza Order

Israel/Palestine

	Arab Israeli Soldier Guilty of British Activist's Death
	NZ PM: Apology Proves Israeli Spies Were in New Zealand
	PA Urges Islamic Jihad to Commit to Truce
	Israel's Labor Party in Election Brawl

Saudi Arabia

	Saudi Arabia Backs OPEC Oil Increase to Lower Prices
	Saudi Arabia Says Its US Ambassador Remains in Post

Egypt

	US Moves to Supply Egypt Air Defense Units
	Egypt Presidential Candidate Blasts Regime

Middle East

	Court Acquits Three Kenyans in 2002 Israeli-Owned Hotel Bombing
	Arab Press Grows Bolder, but Blocks Remain

Zimbabwe

	Inside Mugabe's New Horror
	UN Envoy Fails to Halt Bulldozer Assault on Zimbabwe's Poorest
	Blair Defends Decision to Deport Failed Asylum-Seekers to Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe Asylum-Seekers on Hunger Strike
	Blair Wants UN Security Council to Debate Zimbabwe
	Zimbabwe Tells Blair to Be 'Man Enough' to Visit Zimbabwe, Meet Mugabe

Sudan

	Sudan’s Proposed Constitution Ends Islamic Law
	Dying in the Dust: A Story From Sudan
	Sudan Files Complaint Against Eritrea With UN

Congo

	UN Troops Fight Militias in Eastern Congo
	Uganda Slams Kinshasa, UN Over East Congo Gunmen
	UN Says Congo Fighters Used Women and Children as Human Shields