• Blix Says Iraq War Stimulated World Terrorism, Reuters, Wed Oct 13, 2004
• The terror, the terror: Iraq is becoming daily more chaotic and murderous, says Richard Beeston. DVDs of beheadings are selling in their thousands. Westerners are hated and live in constant fear, The Spectator [UK], September 25, 2004
• Losing the Battle with Terror: Three years after the 9/11 attacks, Americans are less safe than ever, both at home and abroad. By John Gershman, AlterNet, September 17, 2004.
• Putin Seeks Tighter Control of Russian Politics to Fight Terror, Bloomberg, September 13, 2004
• Indonesia Warned of Further Terror Attacks, by Tim Johnston, voice of America News, 13 Sep 2004
• The Phantom of Osama Bin Laden: Where are they now: 20,000 trained in al Qaeda camps. By Peter Philipp, Deutsche Welle, September 11th, 2004
  Three years after the Sept. 11, the terrorism map has spread and the threat has become transparent and harder to ferret out. Nor have we tackled the roots of the problem: poverty and oppression in many Muslim countries.
• The pattern is global, but the causes are local, by William Pfaff, International Herald Tribune, September 9, 2004
• Jakarta Embassy Blast Kills Eight, Wounds Scores, Reuters, Thu Sep 9, 2004
• Russia Ready to Strike Against 'Terror' Worldwide, By Elizabeth Piper, Reuters, Sept. 8, 2004
• Russian shock gives way to anger, by Mark MacKinnon, Globe and Mail, September 6, 2004
• Grand Old Prevarication, by Richard Cohen, September 2, 2004
  "On the very day that George Bush changed his mind and said that the war on terrorism was in fact winnable, the following things happened: Suicide bombers killed 16 people in Israel; 12 Nepalese service workers (dishwashers, etc.) were massacred in Iraq; five Afghans were accidentally killed by U.S. forces in Afghanistan; nine people were killed by a suicide bomber at a Moscow subway station, and five more American servicemen were reported dead in Iraq."
• Worldwide terrorism-related deaths on the rise: NBC News findings run counter to recent Bush administration claims, by Robert Rivas and Robert Windrem, MSNBC.com, Sept. 2nd, 2004
• The Bush-Cheney 'Insensitive' War, ThousandReasons.org Editorial, August 13, 2004

How's come oil prices are hitting record highs when Iraqi oil was supposed to pay for the reconstruction and bring prices down by adding more oil to the world supply?

• Stocks tumble as oil surges again, WBOC.com, October 22nd, 2004
• The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, Democracy Now!, October 22nd, 2004
• Oil Reaches $54 a Barrel on Concern Winter Will Drain Supplies, Bloomberg, Oct. 14, 2004
• Oil price nears $54(US) ABC News, October 12, 2004
• Oil Wars: Under the pressure of Bush administration energy geopolitics (and under the guise of anti-terrorism), the U.S. military is being remolded into an oil-protection force. By Michael T. Klare, tomdispatch.com, October 11, 2004.
• The Battle of the Pump, by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, October 7, 2004
• Crude oil passes $52 a barrel mark, The Toronto Star, October 7, 2004
• Oil Closes Near $52 on Winter Fuel Fears, Reuters, Oct 6, 2004
• Outside View Oil serves but also burns us, by Youssef M. Ibrahim, Gulf News, Oct. 5, 2004
• N.Y. Oil Exceeds $50 as Nigerian Fighting, Storms Lower Supply, Bloomberg, Sept. 28 2004
• Oil hits record on Nigeria fears, by Richard Mably, Reuters, 27 September, 2004
• OPEC Finds Few Options to Put a Lid on Oil Prices, By Jad Mouwad, New York Times, September 13, 2004
• Crude Oil Rises on Speculation U.S. Inventories Fell Last Week, Bloomberg, Sept. 1, 2004
• Crude Oil Rises for First Session in Six on Iraq Supply Concern, Bloomberg, Aug. 27, 2004
• Supply worries push oil to record: The surge in oil prices is raising more than just eyebrows--Oil prices have continued their record-breaking run on Wednesday, busting through the $47-mark amid concerns that demand will outstrip supply. BBC, August 18, 2004
• Najaf fighting pushes oil price to new record, New Zealand Herald, 13.08.2004
• Oil Ends at Another High as Iraq Rages, Reuters, Aug 12, 2004
• Coping With Sky-High Oil Prices Why Are They Surging -- And How Will The Economy Fare? It's Likely Inflation Will Stay Cool, But So Will Hiring And Consumer Spending, Business Week, August 12, 2004
• Saudis try to calm prices, deny politics involved, by Barbara Hagenbaugh, USA TODAY, August 11th, 2004
• Oil Falls From Record on Expected Resumption of Iraqi Oil Flow, Bloomberg, Aug. 10, 2004 (Let's hope those pesky insurgents leave the pipelines alone...)
• Oil hits new record $45 a barrel, Reuters, Tue 10 August, 2004

How's come the Bush Administration outed an undercover operative if the CIA are in the front lines of the War on Terror?

• Prosecutor's Lips Still Sealed in Probe of Leaked Information: Who disclosed to a columnist the name of a CIA operative? A federal investigation is entering its second year with no conclusion in sight. By Richard B. Schmitt, LA Times, October 23, 2004
• A Leak Probe Gone Awry, New York Times, September 27, 2004
• Bush team knows how to play the media in spy crime cover-up, by Charles Brady, Capital Times, September 18, 2004
• Contempt ruling in CIA leak case, BBC, August 10th, 2004
• Debunking Distortions About My Trip to Niger, Letter to the Editor of the Washington Post by Joseph C. Wilson IV, July 17, 2004
• Bush questioned over CIA leak, BBC, June 24th, 2004
• Special counsel to lead CIA probe BBC, December 30th, 2004
• Q&A: CIA leak row, BBC, October 1, 2003
• CIA leak probe launched, BBC, Setember 30, 2003
• Chinks in Bush's armour revealed, by Jonathan Marcus, BBC defence correspondent, September 30th, 2003

How's come there are so many leaks from an administration known for secrecy and control of information?

• The CIA 'old guard' goes to war with Bush, by Phillip Sherwell, Telegraph, 10/10/2004
• Iraq War Plans 'Were Drawn Up Before Vote', by Andrew Woodcock, Political Correspondent, PA News, September 29, 2004
  Britain was involved in planning for war in Iraq for at least nine months before MPs approved military action, according to a document apparently leaked from the Pentagon.
• White House asked to explain terror leak, By Caroline Drees, Reuters, August, 2004
• Leak Allowed al-Qaida Suspects to Escape: Intelligence Leak Jeopardized Plan to Capture al-Qaida Suspects, Pakistani Officials Say, The Associated Press, Aug. 10, 2004
• Senator Is Described as a Likely Source of Intelligence Leak, by Sherl Gay Stolberg, New York Times, August 6, 2004
• Investigators Concluded Shelby Leaked Message: Justice Dept. Declined To Prosecute Case, by Allan Lengel and Dana Priest, Washington Post, August 5, 2004

How's come the 9-11 Commission Report requires such careful review when the Patriot Act was rushed through in just 7 weeks with hardly any debate at all?

• The 9/11 unstated indictment, by Graham Allison, Seattle PI, August 11th, 2004

How's come we're supposed feel safer when, if the WMD's do exist, we don't know where they are?

How's come we don't have a clear, strict set of guidelines governing when to apply the new policy of pre-emptive war if we don't want the word to see us as imperialistic?

• Bush's decisions defined by ideology, by Walter Williams, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 28, 2004
  "President Bush's decision to launch a pre-emptive invasion of Iraq is as good an example as I've seen of a severely flawed decision-making process producing an ill-thought-through decision that quickly became a nightmare as that misbegotten policy was put in place."
• The war was illegal, The Guardian [UK], September 17, 2004
• Preventive War: A Failed Doctrine, New York Times, September 12, 2004
• A Mythic Reality, by Paul Krugman, September 7, 2004
• Expert Analysis of the Bush Doctrine of Pre-emptive Self-Defense, Crimes of War Project, August 20, 2002

How's come a "War President" spends so much time on vacation or falling off bikes in Crawford?

• In just three years of office, Bush took more vacation time than Clinton did in 7 years.

How's come we have we have 130,000 troops in Iraq and only 15,000 in Afghanistan?

• Senator: Commander Told of Military Drain, by William C. Mann, Associated Press, Sept 5th, 2004
• Clinton accuses Bush of contracting out US security to Pakistan,, Channel News Asia, 06 August 2004

How's come we're trying to get assault weapons off the streets of Iraq, and back onto the streets of America?

• How Republicans Define Security, by Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, September 29, 2004
  "Election Day approaches, which means it is time for House Republicans to run fully amok. Today, the House will take up a bill by Indiana Republican Mark Souder to lift the gun controls in the District of Columbia."
• The people are no match for NRA, by Derrick Z. Jackson, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 17, 2004
• Staring Down the Barrel of The NRA, by E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, September 14, 2004
• Blood on the NRA's Hands, LA Times, September 13, 2004
• Bringing On the Guns, Washington Post, September 12, 2004
• Victorious on Gun Ban, NRA Looks Toward Elections, by Joanne Kenen, Reuters, Sep 12, 2004
• On Guard, America, New York Times, September 11, 2004
• Mad Gun Disease, Washington Post, September 9, 2004
• Set to Expire: Gun Enthusiasts Rejoice, But Police Fear What Will Happen When Assault Weapons Ban Ends, by Bill Redeker, ABC News, Sept. 8, 2004
• Save the Assault Weapons Ban, by R. Gil Kerlikowske, Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2004
• Who Needs Assault Weapons?, by Nicholas D. Kristoff, New York Times, August 18, 2004
• Bush is letting assault weapons ban expire, by Stephen Young, Chicago Sun-Times, August 14, 2004

How's come the guy sworn to uphold the US Constitution wants so badly to rewrite it?

• A quest to discriminate, by Peter J. Gomes. Boston Globe, October 17, 2004
• Who's Defending the Constitution? By Gordon Prather, AntiWar.com, October 2nd, 2004
  Bush now charges that strictly complying – as Kerry would have done and Bush most certainly did not do – with the "specific statutory authority" Congress gave him would effectively have meant giving foreigners a veto over his launching a war of aggression against Iraq. Perhaps, but by acting without "specific statutory authority" Bush has violated his oath to "defend the Constitution of the United States."
• No balance in branches of government, by Walter Williams, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 29, 2004
• For ignoring constitutional war powers we reap the whirlwind, by Bruce S. Jenkins, U.S. Senior District Judge, for the Salt Lake Tribune, 09/19/2004
• A Radical Assault on the Constitution, New York Times, July 24, 2004
• Crumpling Constitutional Guarantees, by Walter Brasch, June 2002
  "With one word, a federal judge has described not only John Ashcroft's handling of the Department of Justice, but also the Bush administration's policy of citing national security as the reason why it's trying to hide the Constitution from Americans.

How's come trade with Cuba is wrong because the country is communist, but trade with China and Vietnam is vital to a spirit of international harmony?

How's come a woman can't be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions affecting all mankind without regulation?

How's come the best way to improve military morale is to praise the troops in speeches while slashing veterans' benefits and combat pay?

How's come providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy, but providing health care to all Americans is socialism?

How's come global warming and tobacco's link to cancer are junk science, but creationism should be taught in schools?

How's come a president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense, but a president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy?

How's come the public has a right to know about Hillary's cattle trades, but George Bush's cocaine conviction and military service record are none of our business?

How's come being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, but when a conservative radio host is illegally buying drugs to satisfy an addiction we're supposed to accept that he suffers from an illness, and needs our prayers for his recovery?

How's come what Bill Clinton did in the 1960s is of vital national interest, but what Bush did in the '60s & '80s is irrelevant?