Month January 2003

It’s ok to oppose war as long as you don’t oppose war  The LA TImes today, in an “analysis” of French opposition to an Iraq War opined it would be deeply tragic if France voted NO for war. Why?  Because then…

Adventurer-author kidnapped by paramilitaries Robert Pelton Young has been kidnapped by right wing paramilitaries in Columbia. They have have promised to free him. Let’s hope so. Young has written a number of books about travelling in seriously dangerous areas. He…

Support For a War With Iraq WeakensFrom the Washington Post “Seven in 10 Americans would give U.N. weapons inspectors months more to pursue their arms search in Iraq, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll that found growing doubts…

Crowd sizes and future actions The S.F. police, originally estimated the Jan 11 protest crowd at 40,000. They now estimate the crowd at 150,000. Which of course means it was probably closer to 200,000 – and the photo here, taken…

Oil From the Sacramento Bee “California State Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, in his customarily salty language, contrasted Bush’s actions toward Iraq and North Korea. ‘We can’t find the weapons we are looking for’ in Iraq, but Bush threatens…