Green Party of the United States Statement in Opposition to U.S. Plans to Invade Iraq The Green Party of the United States is adamantly opposed to President George W. Bush's plans to continue and expand military operations against Iraq. The Bush administration claims the invasion of Iraq would improve the security of citizens of the United States, but it would do just the opposite. A U.S. war on Iraq would undo decades of progress in international conflict resolution and make the world a more dangerous place for everyone. Full Statement Ralph Nader: Iraq War Talk Aims to Distract from Scandal President Bush's moves toward possible war against Iraq are a ruse to distract attention from corporate scandals, former U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader was quoted as saying on Sunday. "Iraq is a distraction strategy by the Bush administration to avoid being implicated in some of these scandals," Nader was quoted as saying in an interview with the Spanish daily newspaper El Mundo. Read article

Response to Iraq Resolution The Green Party of the United States released a media advisory in response to the resolution which gives considerable powers to President Bush and allows him to attack Iraq even without UN approval.

Target Baghdad by Alain Gresh; Le Monde Diplomatique "He's used chemical weapons against his own people and against his neighbours. He's invaded his neighbours. He's killed thousands of his own people." Condoleezza Rice, national security advisor to President George W Bush, lists the "compelling" arguments that, she says, are pushing the United States to intervene in Iraq and overthrow President Saddam Hussein (1). The allegations are irrefutable: in September 1980 the Iraqi regime attacked Iran, starting one of the most bloody conflicts since the second world war; in difficulty, it effectively used chemical weapons and then gassed 5,000 Iraqi Kurds in Halabja in March 1988. Did the US make war on the tyrant then? The US press has confirmed that, at the time, about 60 US officers had secretly given the Iraqi army "detailed information on Iranian deployments" and were discussing battle plans. US advisors, told of the use of gas, did not object to it "because they considered Iraq to be struggling for its survival" (2)... Bush planned Iraq 'regime change' before becoming President by Neil Mackay, Sunday Herald, Scotland A SECRET blueprint for US global domination reveals that President Bush and his cabinet were planning a premeditated attack on Iraq to secure 'regime change' even before he took power in January 2001. The blueprint, uncovered by the Sunday Herald, for the creation of a 'global Pax Americana' was drawn up for Dick Cheney (now vice- president), Donald Rumsfeld (defence secretary), Paul Wolfowitz (Rumsfeld's deputy), George W Bush's younger brother Jeb and Lewis Libby (Cheney's chief of staff). The document, entitled Rebuilding America's Defences: Strategies, Forces And Resources For A New Century, was written in September 2000 by the neo-conservative think-tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC). The plan shows Bush's cabinet intended to take military control of the Gulf region whether or not Saddam Hussein was in power. It says: 'The United States has for decades sought to play a more permanent role in Gulf regional security. While the unresolved conflict with Iraq provides the immediate justification, the need for a substantial American force presence in the Gulf transcends the issue of the regime of Saddam Hussein.'

United Nations Security Council Resolutions Currently Being Violated by Countries Other than Iraq by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus In its effort to justify its planned invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration has emphasized the importance of enforcing UN Security Council resolutions. However, in addition to the dozen or so resolutions currently being violated by Iraq, a conservative estimate reveals that there are an additional 91 Security Council resolutions about countries other than Iraq that are also currently being violated. This raises serious questions regarding the Bush administration's insistence that it is motivated by a duty to preserve the credibility of the United Nations, particularly since the vast majority of the governments violating UN Security Council resolutions are close allies of the United States. Stephen Zunes, University of San Francisco professor and Middle East Editor for Foreign Policy in Focus,compiled the following partial list of UN resolutions that are currently being violated by countries other than Iraq... President Bush Wants War, Not Justice - And He'll Soon Find Another Excuse For It by Robert Fisk, UK Guardian You've got to hand it to Saddam. In one brisk, neat letter to Kofi Annan, he pulled the rug from right under George Bush's feet. There was the American president last week, playing the role of multilateralist, warning the world that Iraq had one last chance - through the UN - to avoid Armageddon. "If the Iraqi regime wishes peace," he told us all in the General Assembly, "it will immediately and unconditionally forswear, disclose and remove or destroy all weapons of mass destruction, long-range missiles and all related material." And that, of course, is the point. Saddam would do everything he could to avoid war. President Bush was doing everything he could to avoid peace. And now the Iraqi regime has put the Americans into a corner. The arms inspectors are welcome back in Iraq. No conditions. Just as the Americans asked. Alternative Media Sources For more articles, visit our guide to Alternative Media. Read the perspectives and opinions you won't often hear on CNN. >>Click here

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