WG: October 2002

as always, enjoy the reading
arno tausch

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                           October 2002

                          In this issue:
     ... how Saddam has used Iraq's tribes; Kurdistan, a real
      place; Israel, does the army know what it's planning?
      Palestine, wrecked lives; US, imperial tastes; Brazil,
     troubles ahead; Morocco, claiming democracy; World Bank,
      lender of last resort; Leni Riefenstahl at 100... and
                             more...


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LEADER

Servile states

by IGNACIO RAMONET

                                        Translated by Ed Emery

       <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/10/01servile>


THE PATH TO WAR

How Saddam keeps power in Iraq *

by FALEH A JABAR

     Although Iraq has agreed to let UN weapons inspectors
     back into the country, the United States still seems
     determined to topple President Saddam Hussein's regime.
     So far, he has defeated all internal opposition and
     maintained his grip on power, despite the international
     embargo. Saddam has relied on the country's various clans
     and tribes, at the expense of the Baath party, which once
     had the main role in public life.

                                   Translated by Luke Sandford



A question of human rights

                              Translated by Wendy Kristianasen

       <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/10/03rights>


Knowing and not knowing *

                              Translated by Wendy Kristianasen



Kurdistan: on the map at last *

by our special correspondent MICHEL VERRIER

     Kurdistan is looking forward to US intervention against
     Iraq. Iraqi Kurds dream of a secular, democratic republic
     where they enjoy the autonomy promised over 30 years ago.
     Kurds of Iran hope for greater involvement in central
     government. Turkey's Kurds, who have just won new rights,
     want to copy an Iraqi model. But all their hopes could
     prove illusory.

                               Translated by Malcolm Greenwood



Kurdistan timeline

       <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/10/06timeline>


'THE IDF'S ARROGANCE CONCEALS A LACK OF STRATEGY'

Israel: the army in command *

by MARIUS SCHATTNER

     Israel has repeatedly rejected the UN Security Council's
     call for an immediate end to attacks on Yasser Arafat's
     headquarters in Ramallah. Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres
     claim to be responding to terrorism, but are really
     determined to follow the Israeli army strategy to its
     terrible end.

                                    Translated by Barry Smerin



Collateral damage *

by MICHEL REVEL

                                    Translated by Barry Smerin



DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, IMPERIALISTS ALL

United States: so proudly we hail *

by NORMAN BIRNBAUM

     The United States claims the status of 'Empire of Good'
     it has coveted for a century. The strategic document
     published by the Bush administration promises to defend
     liberty throughout the world. But it ends disarmament,
     prevents any power rivalling the US militarily and
     removes Americans from the jurisdiction of the
     International Criminal Court.

                                      Original text in English



NEW PRESIDENT WILL HAVE TO RETHINK THE ECONOMY

Brazil: in debt and doubt *

by EMIR SADER

     Whoever wins the next round of the Brazilian presidential
     elections will inherit a very fragile economy in a
     country that has changed. The new president will have to
     overhaul Brazil's old economic model to avoid replicating
     the financial and social crisis that has happened in
     Argentina.

                                   Translated by Luke Sandford



Show us the money *

by EMIR SADER

                                   Translated by Luke Sandford



WASTE OF A UNIQUE DIPLOMATIC ADVANTAGE

South Africa disdains its own continent *

by ANNE DISSEZ and FOUAD SROUJI

                                  Translated by Barbara Wilson



THE GAP BETWEEN IMAGE AND REALITY

Morocco: democracy denied

by JOHN P ENTELIS

     Democratic reforms in Morocco were among the few positive
     findings in a recent United Nations report on development
     in the Arab world. But the country's most popular
     Islamist party, Justice and Charity, was banned from
     September's elections.

                                      Original text in English

       <http://MondeDiplo.com/2002/10/13morocco>


'DESTROYING WHOLE ECONOMIES TO SAVE THEM'

The World Bank of last resort *

by JEAN ZIEGLER

     The World Bank has defended high-minded theories to
     explain its development policies for 50 years. Its
     practices, though, are based on the Washington Consensus,
     and this has led to the exploitation of the world's
     poorest inhabitants and the privatisation of public
     assets.

                                   Translated by Harry Forster



A CENTURY OF IMAGES THREATENED BY STEREOTYPING AND CELEBRITY

Photojournalists fight the fluff *

by CHRISTIAN CAUJOLLE

     News photographers, still wanting to reinvent
     photojournalism, create diverse images and approaches to
     reality to offer to ever more visually uniform print
     media. Me too-ism and corporate mergers have worsened
     that uniformity. In a world of stereotyped images and
     information, which is dominated by television and the
     internet, a few newspapers and magazines struggle to
     fight the trend; but fewer picture agencies manage to
     survive.

                                   Translated by Luke Sandford



The Nazi siren's call *

by LIONEL RICHARD

                                  Translated by Barbara Wilson




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