Analysts: Latest Iraq weapons inspections a pretext for war
Interview with Jude Wanniski Of Polyconomics, Inc. Re: Iraq (BlackElectorate.com)Nelson Mandela: The U.S. Gov't Is a Threat to World Peace (MSNBC)Minister Louis Farrakhan's letter to President Bush WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–Whether or not international experts now in Iraq resume their search for weapons of mass destruction with low-key and non-confrontational trips to sites visited in the past by earlier groups of inspectors, or...
Vietnam vets react to hazardous exposures
ASKIAM WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–While U.S. officials are quick to accuse Iraqi leaders of "using chemical weapons on their own people," thousands of U.S. Vietnam veterans have joined an unprecedented class action lawsuit because they were unknowingly exposed to hazardous biological, chemical, and possibly radioactive agents during secret weapons tests during the 1960s and 1970s. "Veterans deserve to be told the truth about...
With Homeland Security laws and curbs on civil liberties, Americans are losing considrable rights , observers warn
Bush's Domestic Enemies List (Black Commentator)Civil liberties under attack by administration (Ft. Pierce Tribune)Anti terror laws produce new crisis for Black leadership (FinalCall.com) WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–The Bush administration has had a lot to celebrate over recent days and civil liberties advocates have gotten more worried. First, with one of the last acts of the 107th Congress aimed at creation of a new...
Rep. Ford steps into leadership circle
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)–It was an unlikely political challenge and the outcome was easily predictable. Third term Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.) was defeated 177-29 Nov. 14 in his challenge to liberal Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) historic bid to become the first ever female party leader in Congress. But in ways not yet apparent on the national...
NAACP inks farm deal with Cuba
(FinalCall.com)--The NAACP has reached an agreement with the Cuban government to buy food products from Black farmers, accessing that country's $1.5 billion import agriculture market. The deal was announced Nov. 15 by NAACP President/CEO Kwiesi Mfume and John Boyd, president of the National Black Farmers Association, after meeting with Pedro Alvarez, director of ALIMPORT, Cuba's food import company. "This...
All We Need is Love Age is only a number for adoptive parents who care
WASHINGTON, D.C. (FinalCall.com)--When most couples in their late 50's are welcoming the empty nest and planning for retirement, Clifton and Alberta Muhammad wanted something different. They had a big house and a lot of love, but their three sons were grown and gone. So they decided to become foster parents. "We got a call one night from the social...
Judge delays Central Park 5 case
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)–Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Charles Tejada announced that he would not rule on a motion to set aside the convictions of the Central Park 5 until Feb. 6, 2003. It was an announcement that did not sit well with an attorney of the young men falsely convicted of a 1989 rape. "Our position with the court from the...
Voices of hope and peace
CHARLENEM SANTA MONICA, Ca.(FinalCall.com)–Before addressing nearly 250 members of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel Nov. 14, Jean Zaru, Adi Dagan and Muna Shikaki explained to a small contingent of press how they were trussed together by devastating results of an over 35-year-old war that has impacted life, death, economics, and social well...
UN Report Controversy simmers beneath proposed UN ‘reform’ package
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com)–The Fifth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, at Final Call press time, was set to resume discussions on the reform measures of the world body that were presented by Secretary General Kofi Annan. Mr. Annan addressed the General Assembly on Oct. 30 to explain his reform package that he submitted in September against a backdrop...
Illegal gun pipeline ran from small town to big city, prosecutors say
By Richard Muhammad CHICAGO (FinalCall.com)–It was a lucrative venture, in which guns purchased from a small town in Mississippi sold for up to 10 times their value on city streets. The alliance between a licensed White gun dealer and Black alleged gang members brought 83 firearms from Grenada, Miss., to Chicago, between 1995 and 1997, said prosecutors, following the Nov. 13...