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George Bush and the US Government are still talking up the danger from terrorism, and an attack on Iraq looks likely. More about Iraq here
Meanwhile, in Afghanistan there is lawlessness in parts of the country as the central government is unable to impose its rule in many area, and in some places there have been battles between rival warlords. Opium poppy production, which was halted by the Taliban, has restarted.
See this article about the war on terrorism:
A War That Can’t Be Won - Seamus Milne 21.11.02
Mark Ramsey. December 2002
My articles:
“...cannot be independently verified” - 4000 invisible dead. 1.2.02
Stop the war on Afghanistan. 30.10.01
Press articles
This Futile Campaign - Madeleine Bunting 20.5.02
Forgotten Victims - Jonathan Steele 20.5.02
No military solution to terrorism - Richard Norton-Taylor 10.1.02
The innocent dead in a coward’s war - Seumus Milne 20.12.01
Blasting our way to peace - George Monbiot 15.11.01
Links:
Stop the War Coalition website
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