Day May 30, 2003

“Because it’s there” Sir Edmund Hillary, on this the 50th anniversary of his ascent of Everest, is rightfully being honored worldwide, most especially in Nepal, where Everest is. Through the years he has continually and steadily stated that ascents of…

More on the “tyranny of structurelessness” From Murray Bookchin, founder of the Institute for Social Ecology “If anything, functioning on the basis of consensus assures that important decision-making will be either manipulated by a minority or collapse completely. And the…

Iraq war ‘not over,’ general warns “The commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq said Thursday that continuing attacks on U.S. forces were being orchestrated by Baath Party groups loyal to ousted President Saddam Hussein.” But this can’t be! Dubya…

No bunker where U.S. Bombs targeted Saddam “The Baghdad bunker which the United States said it bombed on the opening night of the Iraq (news – web sites) war in a bid to kill Saddam Hussein never existed,  CBS Evening…

UK Iraq weapons dossier rewritten to make it ‘sexier’ “A dossier compiled by the government on Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction was rewritten to make it “sexier”, a senior British official has told the BBC. The intelligence official told…