2004 News

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News - 2004

We Found the Weapons of Mass Destruction
A Dossier on Civilian Victims of US Aerial Bombing of Afghanistan (PDF format 389KB)
The Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004 - 31/12/04
U.S. seeks to defang NPT - 31/12/04
New Year Message from Nobel Peace Laureate, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat - 30/12/04
Pakistan and India to start nuclear hotline, no deal on missile tests - 15/12/04
European Defense Firms Buy Into U.S. - 12/12/04
Navy fighter mistaken for missile in friendly fire shootdown - 11/12/04
Russia alerts world of new mobile nuclear missiles by 2006 - 10/12/04
Let drones replace our nuclear weapons - 10/12/04
In Iraq, the US does eliminate those who dare to count the dead - 4/12/04
Pacifist Japan to study developing first long-range missile - 3/12/04
Iran Working On Secret Missile Programs: Opposition Group - 2/12/04
Raytheon delivers `nonlethal' weapon - 2/12/04
UN weighs the widest reforms in its history - 1/12/04
Bush Administration May Yet Pursue New Nuclear Weapons Capabilities - 30/11/04
UN to urge global action as spread of nuclear weapons threatens to 'cascade' - 30/11/04
Russia Successfully Tests Anti-Missile Defense - 29/11/04
Congress Rejects New Nukes - 25/11/04
U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement Extended - 24/11/04
Putin's nuclear plans signal new arms race - 20/11/04
Russia develops nuclear system to evade defence - 18/11/04
Iran agrees to suspend uranium programme - 14/11/04
Pentagon Envisioning a Costly Internet for War - 13/11/04
Air Force report calls for $7.5M to study psychic teleportation - 5/11/04
Bush Victory Propels Defense Stocks - 4/11/04
Rumsfeld tours Black Sea base with eye to possible future US presence - 11/10/04
Interagency Team Checking for H-Bomb Lost in 1958 - 4/10/04
Air Force pursuing antimatter weapons - 4/10/04
Our deportation of the people of Diego Garcia is a crime that cannot stand - 2/10/04
Kirtland laser beam aims for use in Iraq - 25/9/04
Ray gun, sci-fi staple, meets reality - 24/9/04
Come Clean: Gorbachev Launches Global Campaign Against WMDs - 24/9/04
Iraq war illegal, says Annan - 16/9/04
United Defense Integrates And Fires ETC Gun From Combat Vehicle - 14/9/04
N. Korea Says Blast a Planned Demolition - 13/9/04
India plans to build long-range missiles with Israel - 31/8/04
Washington accused of ignoring nuclear terror threat - 22/8/04
Reshaping Washington's global footprint - 20/8/04
US Accounts for Global Surge in Military Spending - 18/8/04
Russia tests intercontinental ballistic missile - 12/8/04
Updating The Code For Doomsday - 11/8/04
Lest we forget - 4/8/04
Pentagon Looks to Directed-Energy Weapons - 1/8/04
Beijing warns of war with Taiwan - 30/7/04
US Army Issues Electromagnetic Gun Program Contract - 29/7/04
CND Welcomes Legal Opinion on US UK Secret Nuclear Relationship - 27/7/04
Lawyers blast nuclear pact as a breach of disarmament treaty - 27/7/04
Leading lawyers say US-UK nuclear collaboration breaches international law - 26/7/04
US weapons research industry grinds to halt amid missing data scandal - 26/7/04
Axis of Evil, Part Two - 23/7/04
Chinese military steps up war preparations - 22/7/04
Using Defense Know-How for Health Care - 2/7/04
Nuclear Explosions in Orbit - The spread of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles raises fears of atomic attacks on the global satellite system - 6/04
English Grandmother Wages War Against U.S. Military - 29/6/04
Man who saved the world - 27/6/04
Stun Weapons To Target Crowds - 17/6/04
Back to the future: new US-Russia arms race thanks to Bush - 16/6/04
Iraq war illegal, says FO adviser who quit - 14/6/04
War spending 'has made country more vulnerable - 14/6/04
US Defense bill to top $1 trillion - 12/6/04
Call for one-year freeze on nuclear sales - 10/6/04
Secret plans for Trident replacement - 9/6/04
House panel rebuffs White House on nukes - 9/6/04
Invisible beam tops list of nonlethal weapons - 1/6/04
UK role in nuclear build-up under fire - 9/5/04
Nuclear submarines should be checked for safety, group says - 29/4/04
The Military-Academic Complex - 27/4/04
U.S. Warns of Countries Seeking Nukes - 27/4/04
Human rights at a 50-year nadir - 27/4/04
Still on Catastrophe's Edge - 26/4/04
Asia accelerating towards arms race - 13/4/04
Russia warns Nato of new arms race - 4/4/04
NGOs Criticize Draft U.N. Nonproliferation Resolution for Ignoring Disarmament - 1/4/04
Putin Boasts About Russian Military Capabilities - 3/04
Minuteman ICBMs upgraded as Peacekeepers get mothballed - 30/3/04
Ukraine searches for hundreds of missing missiles - 26/3/04
Expansion of military bases overseas fuels suspicions of U.S. motives - 23/3/04
More nukes may be aimed at Russia - 22/3/04
Day-long blockade marks war in Iraq - 20/3/04
The Pentagon's Secret Scream - 7/3/04
Tokyo urged to review its ban on arms exports - 4/3/04
Romania signs accord on providing airbases for US - 3/3/04
Talks aside, North Korea won't give up nukes - 2/3/04
Record Defense Budget Reflects Wrong Priorities, Experts Charge - 1/3/04
50 Years Later, Nuclear Blast Felt on Bikini Atoll - 1/3/04
Libya's Gadhafi calls nuclear race 'crazy' - 29/2/04
Devonport 3 found guilty - 27/2/04
Britain set to block windfarms in nuclear detector fear - 27/2/04
EP resolution on nuclear disarmament - 26/2/04
CIA chief predicts war with no end - 25/2/04
GCHQ whistleblower cleared - 25/2/04
Report: Is What's Good For Boeing and Halliburton Good For America? - 24/2/04
Administration favors nuclear free-for-all - 23/2/04
Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us - 22/2/04
New Mexico, War Machine - 18/2/04
Russia Plans New Generation of Weapons - 18/2/04
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Joint Common Missile Target Penetration - 16/2/04
Bush to Propose Fuel Ban to End Spread of A-Bombs - 11/2/04
Plan to scrap Cold War nuclear arms falters - 9/2/04
Britain spied on UN allies over war vote - 8/2/04
The terrible human cost of Bush and Blair's military adventure: 10,000 - 8/2/04
Making Money on Terrorism - 5/2/04
France Renouncing Mini-nukes - 2/2/04
US defense budget sees arms buying up through 2009 - 2/2/04
Speeches on US MIlitary Bases from the India World Social Forum - January 2004
Russia plans nuclear war games - 31/1/04
Electromagnetic Weapons - 30/1/04
Experts Warn of Accidental U.S., Russian Missile Launches - 29/1/04
Former Air Force Commander Criticizes U.S. Bunker-Buster Program - 29/1/04
U.S. May Set Up Bases in Former Soviet Republics - 28/1/04
Nigeria Makes Missile Deal With N. Korea - 28/1/04
Nuclear chief tells of black market in bomb equipment - 26/1/04
Contractor faulted for letting workers tape together explosives from nuclear warhead - 24/1/04
Shelby denies leaking classified information - 24/1/04
£3bn hole in defence budget - 23/1/04
NORAD chief’s testimony part of government inquiry - 23/1/04
Japan looks to constitution to allow war role - 20/1/04
The US Defense Budget Is Bigger Than You Think - 18/1/04
The US Military Base on Diego Garcia - 16/1/04
WAR IN IRAQ: Proving Ground For Revolution In Military Affairs - 16/1/04
America's Empire of Bases - 15/1/04
US airforce practice bomb has been dropped on the Yorkshire - 12/1/04
Study Published by Army Criticizes War on Terror's Scope - 12/1/04
The domination effect - 8/1/04
Anger over issue of anti-radiation pills - 8/1/04
US welcomes North Korean nuclear offer - 6/1/04
Pulling Punches - 4/1/04