2003 News

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News - 2003

Hawks tell Bush how to Win War on Terror - 31/12/03
Unilateralism Has Its Price - 25/12/03
Russia Deploys Strategic Nuclear Missiles - 22/12/03
The Iraq War Makes the Case Against Mini-nukes - 10/12/03
Will the counter-insurgency plan in Iraq repeat the mistakes of Vietnam? - 8/12/03
US cancels computer war games with Taiwan - 3/12/03
US signals rethink on bases overseas - 27/11/03
US defence policy: Scary and scandalous - 26/11/03
Bush Toppled! - 21/11/03
Palace protester is peace veteran - 18/11/03
Blair 'dishonest, shallow and cheap' in justifying Bush visit, says Cook - 14/11/03
Star Wars Makes Defense Secretary Space Out - 6/11/03
France may allow 'first strikes' on rogue states in policy shift - 28/10/03
US warfare equation 'full of baloney' - 28/10/03
Nukes, Folls and Asteroids - 27/10/03
Pentagon repositioning for decades-long war on terror - 25/10/03
US panel urges radical nuclear strike balance - 22/10/03
Message from the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba - 19/10/03
Pictures from 'Mayors for Peace' Tree Planting Ceremony in Leeds - 19/10/03
NK Government hints at nuclear weapons test - 17/10/03
Nato urged to challenge European defence plan - 16/10/03
US dismay over Blair's stance on EU defence - 15/10/03
Appeasing the Armed Forces Has Become a Political Necessity for the American President - 14/10/03
MoD catalogues its nuclear blunders - 13/10/03
USAF Eyes Nuclear, Sat Program Link - 11/10/03
Anti-cancer pills given to kids near nuclear sub - 9/10/03
Pakistan test fires nuclear-capable missile - 8/10/03
U.S. Usable Nukes Policy Creates Conflicts for NATO Countries - 7/10/03
Russia bares its teeth - 2/10/03
U.S. Income Gap Widening, Study Says - 25/9/03
New doctrine: admission by stealth - 17/9/03
AFSPC Looks At Next Generation Of Strategic Deterrence - 9/9/03
North Korea Says It May Test an A-Bomb - 29/8/03
A deadly franchise - 28/8/03
Classified Spending On the Rise - 27/8/03
U.S. Weighing Missile Defenses for Airliners - 22/8/03
Nuclear reaction - 22/8/03
Four 9/11 Moms Battle Bush - 21/8/03
Enola Gay flies into new A-bomb controversy - 21/8/03
Gamma-ray weapons could trigger next arms race - 13/8/03
Poindexter to resign - 31/7/03
A New Nuclear Age - 6/7/03
EADS Wins Development Share Of UK Missile Air Defense Project - 2/7/03
US admits to 50 secret tests of bio weapons on troops - 1/7/03
U.S. Eyes Global Strike Capability Within 2 Hours - 1/7/03
US Defense spending gets boosts in next budget - 27/6/03
Lockheed Martin official calls for common US-European defense industry market - 26/6/03
Northrop Grumman Marks Five Years - 25/6/03
20th anniversary of Peacekeeper and protests - 21/6/03
Bush to NGOs: Watch your mouths - 20/6/03
Bush Warns Iran Against Nuclear Weapons - 19/6/03
Nuclear arms our last hope, says Pakistan leader - 19/6/03
Iran's nuclear policies draw fire from the U.S. - 19/6/03
N Korea threatens to step up weapons programme - 18/6/03
U.S. leads 'major diplomatic push' on Iran nuclear program - 18/6/03
Short: I was briefed on Blair's secret war pact - 18/6/03
China: Asia's overlooked missile crisis - 17/6/03
Bush Looking at Other Nukes - 16/6/03
EU foreign ministers agree WMD policy - 16/6/03
Defense Department embraces new Internet protocol - 13/6/03
War may have killed 10,000 civilians - 13/6/03
Iran 'actively developing nuclear bomb' says Rumsfeld - 12/6/03
Threat to N Korea's secret navy - 12/6/03
Lockheed Martin's LOSAT Fires Guided Missile - 11/6/03
USS Providence's periscope snags fishing net in Mediterranean - 10/6/03
The ever-growing US military footprint - 10/6/03
The Pentagon's paradigm shift in Asia - 10/6/03
Expanding role of Defense Department spurs concerns - 8/6/03
Pentagon's diary could track each word, step - 3/6/03
US tells North Korea to abandon nukes, promises "devastating" response - 2/6/03
New DOD team to hunt for intel as well as weapons - 1/6/03
Next Stop Tehran? - 27/5/03
US Plans Death Camp - 26/5/03
Both Houses Back More Military Spending - 23/5/03
Saab signs contract with Australian military - 23/5/03
Experts Fear U.S.-Russia Nuclear 'Miscalculation' - 22/5/03
Memorial Day - 22/5/03
US Military Waste Under Fire - 18/5/03
European Commission endorse NFLAs' legal case - 6/5/03
Compare and Contrast - 2 Versions of Jessica Lynch Story - 5/5/03
Sources Say Jessica Lynch Has Amnesia - 5/5/03
The Real 'Saving of Private Lynch' - 4/5/03
War Against Terrorism Continues, Bush Tells Americans - 3/5/03
Triumphant Bush says Iraq is won but war on terrorism continues - 2/5/03
US views EU defence 'mini-summit' as harmful to Atlantic alliance - 2/5/03
Computers stolen in CND raids - 1/5/03
Loyalty Day - 30/4/03
US Marine investigated for war crimes after newspaper interview - 30/4/03
Raytheon Developing Morphing Wing Structures for Cruise Missiles - 30/4/03
DARPA Contracts Raytheon To Develop Next Generation Imagery Technology - 30/4/03
EU military summit angers Britain - 29/4/03
United States Restarts Nuclear Weapons Pit Production - 28/4/03
Rolling Back the 20th Century - 28/4/03
US developing superfast missile to deny escape to future Saddams - 27/4/03
Corporate Media and Homeland Security Move towards Total Information Control - 26/4/03
American to oversee Iraqi oil industry - 26/4/03
Weapons of Mass Distraction: Where? Find? Plant? - 25/4/03
US Blueprint To Bomb N Korea - 22/4/03
Protesters block Lockheed Martin facility in search for WMDs - 22/4/03
US eyeing Indian defence bases, wants own airbases there - 22/4/03
Talks With North Korea Begin April 23 - 21/4/03
Israel seeks pipeline for Iraqi oil - 20/4/03
Scientists Urge Shell Clear-Up to Protect Civilians - 17/4/03
U.S. to Vote Against U.N. Resolution on Occupied Palestine - 15/4/03
Rumsfeld submits report calling for sweeping changes in military - 15/4/03
US Rejects Iraq DU Clean -up - 14/4/03
Russian bombs recycled into U.S. nuclear fuel - 12/4/03
Powell Reaffirms Focus on India - Pakistan - 11/4/03
Eleven Afghans killed after American bomb misses its target - 10/4/03
Is There Some Element in the US Military That Wants to Take Out Journalists? - 9/4/03
Think Small When Powering Today's Electronic Soldier - 8/4/03
The Doctrine of Digital War - 7/4/03
US Energy Bill May Ease Uranium Restrictions - 4/4/03
New Los Alamos Facility Will X-Ray Aging Nuclear Weapons - 3/4/03
New Los Alamos Facility Will X-Ray Aging Nuclear Weapons - 3/4/03
North Korea plans to upgrade missiles with Russian technology - 3/4/03
Secret Pentagon Documents Call For 'Usable' Nuclear Weapons - 3/4/03
Straw distances UK from threats to Syria and Iran - 3/4/03
Anti-war boycott message spreads - 1/4/03
Britain and US in crisis talks over North Korea's nuclear weapons - 1/4/03
US plans for 'super-soldiers' using biotech - 3/03
Offense and Defense - 31/3/03
US imposes sanctions on Pakistan over missiles - 31/3/03
Former DOD official Perle to exit defense policy post - 29/3/03
Advisers of Influence - 29/3/03
Support the Warrior Not the War - 28/3/03
Rumsfeld Should Resign, For the Good of Our Democracy - 28/3/03
Oil, Currency and the War on Iraq - 25/3/03
Will American Administration Declare War on Russia? - 24/3/03
China readies for future U.S. fight - 24/3/03
Protest at NSA Menwith Hill - 22/2/03
Police Brutality Against Peaceful Austin Protesters - 20/3/03
Peace Activists Remanded after Attempting to Disarm a B-52 Bomber at RAF Fairford - 19/3/03
Michael Moore writes to George W Bush - 18/3/03
Powell Rejects North Korea's Talks Demand - 18/3/03
Anti-Terrorism Laws Used Against Peace Protestors - 18/3/03
19 Arrested at Buckley Space Intelligence Base - 16/3/03
The Pentagon's New Map - 3/03
Millions March Against War on March 15 in Over 2,000 Cities Worldwide - 15/3/03
The Erosion of the American Dream - 14/3/03
Trident Ploughshares Peace activists remanded for �50,000 criminal damage to bomber support vehicles at RAF Fairford will plead 'Lawful Excuse' - 14/3/03
Court of Public Opinion Becomes Key Battleground - 13/3/03
Welsh Peace Campaigner found Guilty - 11/3/03
Blair still losing support over Iraq - 11/3/03
A Wilful Blindness - 11/3/03
U.S. Stocking Uranium-Rich Bombs? - 10/3/03
Bush: Clap me or No EU Speech - 9/3/03
Firm linked to Cheney wins oil-field contract - 8/3/03
Afghan Prisoners Beaten to Death at US Military Interrogation Base - 7/3/03
B52 Peace Watch at Fairford - 4/3/03
British defence secretary rules out use of nuclear arms in Iraq - 3/3/03
North Korea MIG's Intercept U.S. Jet on a Spy Mission - 3/3/03
Anti War Protests at USAF Fairford - 3/3/03
Bikini Atoll survivors recall horror of nuclear explosion - 2/3/03
DOD lists crimes punishable in tribunals - 2/3/03
Fairford will be base for US B52 bombers - 1/3/03
Secret, scary plans - 28/2/03
U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation - 27/2/03
Rebel Vote Stuns Blair - 27/2/03
RAF Fairford pulses with equipment, airmen - 27/2/03
Japan to review defence policy to cope with new threats - 26/2/03
International team of inspectors visit U.S. - 26/2/03
Activists' 'Inspection' Ends at Base's Gate - 26/2/03
Rebel Vote Stuns Blair - 25/2/03
How The News Will Be Censored In This War - 25/2/03
National guard to protect American bases in UK - 25/2/03
Activists' 'Inspection' Ends at Base's Gate - 24/2/03
Of Gods and Mortals and Empire - 21/2/03
Putin sees breakdown in power balance, aggressiveness of some - 21/2/03
Military Turns to Software to Cut Civilian Casualties - 21/2/03
Rumsfeld was on ABB Board During Nuclear Deal with North Korea - 21/2/03
Resumption of nuclear testing on Bush agenda - 21/2/03
Washington ponders a troop reduction in Europe - 21/2/03
US warns North Korea not to be provocative after jet incident - 20/2/03
US Plan For New Nuclear Arsenal - 19/2/03
North Korea eases rhetoric over nuclear crisis - 19/2/03
N. Korea claims U.S. is plotting attack, threatens to abandon armistice - 18/2/03
Former NATO supremo may run for US president - 17/2/03
Latest American Bombing In Afghanistan Yields High Civilian Casualties - 17/2/03
Reports of World-wide Anti-War Protests - 17/2/03
Report on London Anti-War Demonstration - 17/2/03
Report on Anti-War Protest in India - 16/2/03
U.S. may build smaller nukes - 15/2/03
Anti-war group tries to enter Raytheon - 14/2/03
Leaked document details Pentagon planning process to undercut test moratorium, build new nukes for "small strikes" - 14/2/03
GOP plan would revive use of nuclear arms - 14/2/03
House Republicans release agenda for U.S. nuclear weapons program - 13/2/03
Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences - 12/2/03
Anti-war demo will be UK's largest ever protest - 9/2/03
EDM 651 - United States Non-Compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention - 4/2/03
Nuclear arms labs would get more work under Bush budget - 4/2/03
Making Nuclear Bombs 'Usable' - 3/2/03
Pentagon unveils 400 billion dollar defense budget - 3/2/03
Pentagon wants 20 billion dollars annually for next five years - 31/1/03
Rapid Dominance Strategy of War - 30/1/03
Blair: North Korea is next - 29/1/03
Anti-War Ads Rejected During Bush Speech - 29/1/03
War 'has ruined Afghan environment' - 29/1/03
Text of President Bush's State of the Union address - 29/1/03
Japan can ask US forces to stop any NKorean missile attack - 24/1/03
Nuclear testing may need to resume soon - 21/1/03
Vietnam vets to join war protest outside USAREUR gates - 17/1/03
US fears slow progress on N Korea - 16/1/03
Wolfowitz, Myers in Europe for NATO command change - 16/1/03
The United States of America has gone mad - 15/1/03
NATO official rues widening US-Europe gap - 15/1/03
Anti-war Germans fight US army in Bavarian forest - 15/1/03
Cold War-era silos still ready for battle - 13/1/03
Anti-War Statement by Korean NGOs - 13/1/03
USAREUR leaders get smallpox shots - 13/1/03
More troops ordered to Persian Gulf - 13/1/03
Stockpile Stewardship Conference Planning Meeting Minutes - 10/1/03
Pyongyang is the Real Victim - 10/1/03
Don't Rule Out Force - 10/1/03
US strategy 'risks dangerous new arms race - 9/1/03
Anti-War Train Drivers Refuse to Move Arms Freight - 9/1/03
US defense spending could reach 480 billion in next decade - 9/1/03
US pilots blame drug for friendly fire deaths - 4/1/03
Thousands of South Koreans gather in Seoul for anti-U.S. rally - 1/1/03
The importance of CND's Legal Challenge to UK Government over Iraq War - 1/1/03