Archived Antiwar.com Home Page from September 04, 2005

Highlights

Making Disasters Worse: Alan Bock

Waiting for the Outside World: Mike Ferner

Now Comes Katrina: Gordon Prather

Ending the White House's Impunity: N. Solomon

The Bipartisan Consensus: Devin Gould

Quotable

Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in uniform: he only adds the infamy of servitude to the crime of murder.

– Percy Bysshe Shelley

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News

Updated September 4, 2005 - 10:58 PM EDT

	Copter Crashes, N. Orleans Police Kill 5
	Report: Police Killed Army Engineers
	US Deployments Add to Military Strain
	New Orleans: GIs Met by Despair, Not Violence
	*National Guard Sees Parallels to Baghdad*
	*200 New Orleans Police Quit, 2 Commit Suicide*
	White House Shifts Blame to State, Local Officials
	*Guardsmen 'Played Cards' Amid New Orleans Chaos: Police*
	FEMA Chief Had No Experience, Fired From Last Job
	*Report: Hurricane Relief Could Trim US Pullout Aid to Israel*
	*USAF Sends 300 Airmen Home From Iraq, Afghanistan for Hurricane Duty*

Viewpoints

	Waiting for the Outside World by Mike Ferner
	To Developing World, Iran the David to US Goliath by Dilip Hiro
	Ending the Impunity of the Bush White House by Norman Solomon

	Now Comes Katrina by Gordon Prather
	The Bipartisan Consensus by Devin Gould
	Rube Goldberg's War by Karen Kwiatkowski
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

Why So Few First Responders in New Orleans? They're in Iraq!
by William Norman Grigg

The Cavalry can't get past FEMA

The Potemkin Photo Op

106,356 beds volunteered - so far

Frontline

	Homeland Security to Red Cross: Stay Away
	Chicago Mayor 'Shocked' as Feds Reject Aid
	Anxiety in Iraq for Guardsmen From Gulf Area
	Iraq War a Mistake for Most Americans
	CIA Videos Reveal Missed Chances to Kill bin Laden
	Pentagon Investigator Quits Over Accusations of Blocking Probes

Katrina Poses Key Test for Stretched National Guard

Today in Iraq

	Civil War Looms as Iraq Weeps Over Bridge of 1,000 Sorrows
	Fighting Erupts in Baqouba and Surrounding Province
	Diggers' Iraqi Tour of Terror
	Heroin Trade Thrives on Back of Chaos and Terror in Iraq

Attacks Continue

	At Least 26 Die in Separate Attacks Across Iraq
	Insurgent Attacks, Clashes Persist in Iraq
	Iraq Oil Exports Disrupted by Blast
	Security Incidents in Iraq, Sept. 4
	Security Incidents in Iraq, Sept. 3

Iraqi Politics

	Talks on Iraq Constitution Seek to Fine-Tune Language
	New Efforts Afoot to Win Iraq Sunnis
	Saddam's Daughter Plans Defense Strategy
	Saddam Lawyer Rejects Trial Date as Too Early

The New Iraq

	Saudi Nationals Killed in Iraq Fighting
	Former Bosnian Foes Find Ethnic Unity in Iraq
	Italian Would Put Civilian Force in Iraq

Americans Keep Dying

	Soldier (MI) Tried to Help Iraqi Children
	Veteran Soldier From Missouri Dies of Combat-Related Injuries
	Yugoslavia-Born Soldier (TX) Killed in Bomb Attack
	Valdosta (GA) Pilot Killed in Iraq
	Son, Husband, Soldier Lost (FL)
	Army Ranger (CA) a Casualty of Iraq War
	Jamaica-Born Soldier (MD) Dies in Afghanistan
	Las Vegas (NV) Soldier Dies in Firefight in Iraq
	Soldier From Western Wisconsin Dies in Iraq
	Soldier From Flint (MI) Killed in Iraq
	Newburyport (MA) Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

Afghanistan

	Two Bodies Found in Afghanistan Identified as Missing Japanese
	Afghanistan Briton Found Dead
	Taliban to 'Execute' 5 in South Afghanistan
	District Leader, Election Candidate and Three Others Kidnapped in Afghanistan
	Cleric Killed, Five People Wounded in Separate Attacks in Afghanistan
	NATO Takes on Bigger Role in Afghanistan

Kashmir

	Hindus Joining Ranks of Militants in Kashmir
	Kashmir Separatists Name Team for Talks With Indian Premier

North Korea

	US Lawmakers Warn North Korea to End Nuclear Crisis
	US: North Korea Ready to Restart Nuke Talks

Asia

	Nepal Rebels Declare Cease-Fire in Bid to Unify King's Opponents
	China's Hu Warns Taiwan Against Independence

Europe

	Beslan Mourns With Tolling Bell, Doves
	Turkey Insists EU Plan on Course

Africa

	Zimbabwe: CIA Is Behind Kidman Movie
	Somalia's Nomad 'Government' Pleads for Help to Quell 'Terrorists'
	Secret Lives of Servitude in Niger
	First Batch of Pakistani Troops Leaves for Congo

Americas

	Venezuela Prepared to Repel US Invasion if Necessary, Chavez Says
	Greed Lured GIs Into Colombian Underworld

Disaster

	Warnings Went Ignored as Bush Slashed Flood Control to Pay for Wars
	Experts: Models Predicted New Orleans Disaster
	New Orleans Left to the Dead and Dying
	Bush Finally Sends in the US Marines
	'It Reminds Me of Baghdad in the Worst of Times'
	Military Dealt With Combination of Obstacles Before Reaching Victims
	Troops Just Back From Iraq to Head South
	Halliburton Hired for Storm Cleanup
	Rhetoric, Reality Don't Match in Relief

Not Good News for Bush

	Bush 'Photo-Op' Visit Slammed
	Bush Tries for Damage Control at a Critical Point
	Katrina Criticisms Echo Past Complaints Against Bush
	Storm Brews Around Bush Leadership
	Lawmakers of Both Parties Criticize US Response
	As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis
	Legislative Agenda Turned Upside Down by Hurricane
	Castro Offers US Medical Help

UK War on Terror

	London Bombers 'Recorded Video in Pakistan' With Help of al-Qaeda
	Bomber Talks of War
	Islamic Group in Secret Plan to Recruit UK Students
	UK Quakers Lift Ban on Islamist Conference

UK Military

	Soldier in Faked Pictures Scandal to Be Prosecution Witness in War Crimes Trial
	UK Army Reveals Secret Elite Unit That Puts Women on Front Line
	British Soldiers in US Rape Trial

US War on Terror

	Ex-CIA Operative Pulls US Asylum Request
	Ex-CIA Operative Denies Castro Assassination Plot

The War at Home

	State Dept. Seeks Advice From American Muslims
	Church Turns Away Sheehan

Iran

	Iran Faces Deadline on Nuclear Work
	Iran Nuclear Issue May Go to the UN
	UN Report on Iran Reflects Growing Frustration
	Report Documents Iran's Reticence on Nuclear Disclosure

Lebanon/Syria

	Scandal Hits Ukrainian UN Troops
	Ukrainian Forces Told to Leave Lebanon
	UN Investigator to Visit Syria Over Hariri Murder
	Syrian Security Forces Kill Five Militants in Clash

Israel/Palestine

	Hamas' Secretive Military Wing Emerges
	Hamas to Participate in Elections
	Sharon Under Pressure Within Likud
	Hoping to Buttress Sharon, US Urges Allies' Restraint
	Non-Violent Gaza Evacuees to Receive Full Compensation
	With Gaza Pullout Ending, Sharon-Abbas Summit Seen
	Official Says US Has Veto on Settlement
	Netanyahu Urges Israel to Build More Settlements
	Israeli Army Seeks Longer Jail Term for Sniper Who Killed Briton
	Abbas Optimistic on Israeli Withdrawal