Day September 20, 2002

Loyalty of Iraq’s elite in doubt Republican guard units kept out of Baghdad : Loyalty of Saddam’s elite troops in doubt …President Saddam cannot be sure of the Guard’s loyalties, according to a non-Iraqi source with well-placed contacts in Baghdad.…

MTV censors Public Enemy MTV has refused to air a Public Enemy video solely because it contains the lyric “Free Mumia Abu-Jamal”. “MTV requested that Public Enemy remove the word “free” before Mumia Abu-Jamal, but the group refused the request.…

The Bush Doctrine: All war, all the time Bush Outlines Doctrine of Striking Foes First, NY Times  The Bush administration published today its first comprehensive rationale for shifting American military strategy toward pre-emptive action against hostile states and terrorist groups…