-Former Weapons Inspector Accuses Bush of Seeking Global Hegemony

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1) Former UN Weapons Inspector
Charges Bush Launched Iraq War
to Pursue Agenda of U.S. ‘Global Hegemony’

Interview by Scott Harris

Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer and U.N. weapons inspector who served in Iraq for seven years before resigning in 1998. In the months before the U.S. invasion, Ritter had publicly challenged the Bush administration’s contention that Baghdad’s weapons systems posed a grave risk to the U.S and necessitated a war. He speaks about the Bush administration’s justification for war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq detailed in his new book titled, “Frontier Justice, Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Bushwhacking of America,” published by Context Books.

Related links on our website at http://www.btlonline.org#1hed

– “A Weapons Cache We’ll Never See,” by Scott Ritter, New York Times, Aug. 25, 2003
– “Iraqmire: Bush Gets Desperate,” by David Corn, The Nation editor, Sept. 8, 2003
– “EPIC Accountability Campaign: Urge Your Members of Congress to Support a Full Investigation,” Resources to hold your government accountable for costly military campaigns, from the Education for Peace in Iraq Center

2) On 2nd Anniversary of 9/11 Attack,
Americans Ask if U.S. Wars
Have Made Them Safer

Interview by Scott Harris

On the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, many Americans are asking themselves if the Bush administration’s foreign and domestic policies have made the nation safer and less vulnerable to future terrorist strikes. John Gershman, senior analyst with the Interhemispheric Resource Center, assesses the effectiveness of President Bush’s initiatives to counter terrorism.

Related links on our website at http://www.btlonline.org#2hed

– “Bush’s Homeland Insecurity,” by John Gershman, Policy in Focus, www.wpif.org, Sept. 9, 2003
– “Al-Qaida Issues a Chilling Warning,” The Guardian, Sept. 8, 2003
– Interhemispheric Resource Center , www.irc-online.org
– United for Peace and Justice at www.unitedforpeace.org