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Neo-Conned! Again

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by D Liam O'Huallachain

Meet the Press, ixx, 276

  Mejia, Camilo, 223, 238, 376

  Mello, Vieira de, 14

  Mercer, Ilana, 796

  Mesopotamia, 20

  “messianic vision” of Bush, 45, 75

  Metz, Thomas, 723

  Mexico, petro-dollar loans in, 403

  Meyer, Christopher, 2

  Meyer, Frank, 176

  Microsoft Corporation, 189, 191

  Middle East: American hegemony ideology concerning, 184, 392–397; “apocalyptic” vision of, 126; Bush administration ignorance of, 252–253; Bush policies in, 30–35, 319–321, 650–651; democracy in, 45; electoral politics in, 764–766; hatred of U.S.

  in, 118–119; neoconservatives' view of, 84–109, 113–117; nuclear weapons in, 650–651; United States relations with, 30–31; U.S. military bases in, 203–207

  Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), 260

  Middle East Policy Journal, 248

  Milbank, Dana, 104, 112

  Military Assistance Overseas Program (MAOP), 219–220

  Military commissions, for civilian detainees, 477–482

  Military desertion from Iraq war, 223–224

  Military equipment, impact of Iraqi resistance movement on, 741

  Military operation other than war (MOOTW), war on terror as, 313–314

  Military Order on the Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism, 477–482

  Military personnel (U.S.). See also Joint Chiefs of Staff; Veterans of Iraq war: civilian detention policies and, 445–446; disrespect of Iraqi army by, 693n.1; education reform of, 208; injury and death statistics for, 199, 727n.3, 742–743; Iraqi resistance attacks on, 726–734; limitations in Iraq of, 390–397; moral responsibilities of, 208–220; opposition to Iraq war among, 257; recruiting declines linked to Iraqi resistance movement, 737–741; role in Iraqi invasion of, 202–207; statistics on troop levels in Iraq, 737; war on terror and, 313–314

  Military uniforms from U.S., alleged Iraqi acquisition of, 622–623

  Miller, Arthur, 374

  Miller, Geoffrey D., 508, 517, 526, 531–545

  Miller, Judith, 490, 500–507

  Milosevic, Slobodan, 115

  Mitchell, Greg, 777–779

  Mobile Iraqi biological weapons labs, bogus claims of, 269–271

  Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh, 698–699

  Moisy, Claude, 593–594

  Monstersfrom the Id, 176–177

  Mooney, Mark, 718

  Moral theory. See also Ethics: civilian detentions and, 451–453, 511; ideology of American Empire and, 64–79; just-war doctrine and, 132–134; military responsibility and, 208–220

  Morris, Roger, 346–351

  Mossad (Israeli secret service), 655

  Motassadeq, Mounir El, 699

  Mother Jones, 157

  Moussaoui, Zacarias, 697–699

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 265, 272

  MSNBC television, 590, 594, 596–597

  Mubanga, Martin, 487

  Mubarak, Omeid (Dr.), 665–666

  Multilateral partnerships, American hegemony and, 388

  Multinational corporations: euro-dollar conflicts and, 400; Iraq profiteering by, 189–190

  Munro, Charles, 20–21

  Muravchik, Joshua, 73

  Murdoch, Rupert, 584, 589

  Murphy, Bill, 398

  Myers, Richard, 232, 240, 601–602, 615–616, 746

  My Lai massacre, 44

  Mylroie, Laurie, 269

  Nasr, Muhammad abu, 727n.3, 775n.1

  Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 30–31, 654

  Nation, The, 123, 186

  National Christian Leadership Conference for Israel, 152n.4

  National Defense University, 217–218

  National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI), 768–770

  National Dialogue Council, 757n.2

  National Endowment for Democracy (NED), 115, 768–770

  National-greatness conservatism, 67

  National Guard (U.S.), recruiting difficulties of, 737–741

  National Intelligence Estimate (NIE): bogus WMD case based on, xvi-xvii, 267–269, 281, 286; manipulation of, 269–275, 278, 292–294, 299

  Nationalism: after September 11, 2001, 63–64; American Empire ideology and, 67–68; in media coverage, 688–713

  National Review: Catholic columnists at, 171–172, 174, 177; CIA ties to, 174–176; Defense Department talking points in, 202; editorial policies of, 113, 115, 121, 177–178; Kwiatkowski attacked by, 198; paleoconservatives attacked by, 175, 179; support of Israel in, 112

  National Security Council, 15–16; buildup to Iraq war and, 257, 280; intelligence failures of, 251, 272; Office of Special Plans and, 262–263

  National Security Strategy, 53, 76–77, 338

  National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, 312–313, 316

  National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction, 322–323

  National Union Party, 155

  National Unity Coalition for Israel, 152n.4

  Nation-building, Bush opposition to, 92

  Nazi war crimes, 43–44

  NBC News, Iraq war coverage by, 598, 602

  Neal, Richard I., 826–827

  Negroponte, John: intelligence reforms and, 296–299; as Iraqi ambassador, 45, 47, 53; Rumsfeld and, 301

  Neill & Co., 832–833

  “Neoconservative Persuasion, The,” 211

  Neoconservatives: American conservatism used by, 83; American hegemony ideology of, 181–184, 336–337, 386–397; anti-Soviet policy of, 82; Bush Administration and, 91–92, 94, 112; Catholic Church and, 171–179, 354; during Cold War, 115; Congressional manipulation by, 272–275; “conspiracy theory” concerning, 110; criticisms of, 112; currency conflicts and, 404–405; definition of, 81–82, 117–118, 121–122; domestic policy of, 114; dominance by, 112; euro-dollar conflict and, 412–413; foreign policy of, 106–109, 114–115; global hegemony goals of, 181; globalist outlook of, 113; history of, 81–82; individuals classified as, 139; Iraqi resistance fighters and plans of, 711–712; Iraqi War policy of, 9, 87, 101–102, 111–124; Iraq war buildup and, 86–87, 255–257; Israel and, 80–109, 116; Jewish ties with, 110–124; McCain support from, 93; media manipulation by, 174–176, 584–603; Middle East policies of, 84, 203–207; misuse of intelligence by, 271–305; nuclear weapons policies and, 338–343; oil industry and, 653–654; political correctness of, 122; Powell's rejection of, 96; Project for a New American Century, 88; in Reagan Administration, 116; Saddam Hussein targeting by, 115–116; September 11, 2001, attacks as catalyst for, 101–109, 116; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 495–504; Zionism and, 139–140, 161

  Neo-Jacobins, 65–66, 78

  Netanyahu, Benjamin, 7, 88, 98, 158–159, 161, 259–260

  Neturei-Karta organization, 139n.3

  New American Militarism, The, 240

  New Citizenship Project, 88

  New Covenant, Catholic Church and Christian Zionism and, 161–163

  New Humanism, 70

  New Left Review, 13

  New Oxford Review, 179

  New Republic magazine, 47, 93

  Newsday, 730–731

  New Standard magazine, 580

  Newsweek magazine: bogus WMD stories in, 291; on Iraqi resistance fighters, 724; “Oil-for-Food” Program coverage in, 413–414

  New World Order, 72

  New Yorker: Abu Ghraib stories in, 537, 542; Halabja massacre article in, 330; on interrogation techniques, 519; nuclear bomb myth concerning Saddam in, 267; Salman Pak training facility allegations and, 618–619; war on terror coverage in, 697–698

  New York Observer, 505

  New York Post, 172–173, 589

  New York Press, 178

  New York Times: Abu Ghraib prison scandal in, 529, 532, 538; Allawi coverage in, 581–582; anonymous sourcing rules at, 569–573, 642; anti-French allegations by Bush administration in, 624–626; Bolton intelligence manipulations on, 288; Clinton op-ed in,
136; on conservative manipulation of media, 588, 590; Council for National Policy covered in, 156–157; Defense Department talking points in, 202; Defense Planning Guidance document in, 338; detention stories in, 442, 508, 518–519; elections in Iraq coverage of, 778–779, 783–784; Iraqi Army and Police statistics in, 746, 748, 750–751; Islamist website sources and, 702n.1; Jessica Lynch story in, 615–616; massacres by Saddam Hussein in, 796; Miller's reporting in, 490, 500–507; Moussaoui trial and, 698; neoconservative voices in, 117; Pentagon draft documents in, 73; profiteering in Iraq reported by, 186; propaganda as news in, 565–573; resistance movement in Iraq and, 707–708, 716–717, 719n.1, 720–721, 728; terminology and language used in war coverage of, 573–581; Terrorism Information Awareness Program and, 608; Wilson op-ed in, 498–499, 502

  “Next-friend” principle, habeas corpus and, 444n.1

  Nicaragua, 47, 57–58

  Niger, yellowcake uranium controversy involving, 267–269, 274–275, 283, 490–504

  9/11 Commission, 298–299

  Nitze, Paul, 254

  Nixon, Richard M., dollar-gold reserve float of, 405–406

  No-fly zones, description of, 2

  Non-proliferation agreements. See also Nuclear deterrence;

  Nuclear weapons: as anti-terrorism tool, 324–327; history of, 339–345

  Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), 321–324, 329, 340

  Norms: anticipatory self-defense and, 58; description of, 43

  North, Oliver, 506, 602

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): American hegemony ideology and, 390; Kosovo bombings, 55–56; neoconservative opposition to, 117; Serbian bombings and, 53–54

  Northern Ireland, armed conflict in, 432n.1

  North Korea: Bush administration policy towards, 299, 322–324; deterrence and non-proliferation treaties with, 324–325, 335–336, 344–345

  North Korea Human Rights Act, 344

  Novak, Michael, 69, 357

  Novak, Robert, 92; military recruiting declines reported by, 740; Plamegate and, 491, 499–500, 502–504

  Nuclear deterrence: American hegemony and, 388–389; as antiterrorism tool, 324–327

  Nuclear weapons: in Iraq, 266–269, 276, 292–294; in Israel, 32–33; in Middle East, 650–651; neoconservatives' goals concerning, 336–337; preemptive war and proliferation of, 335–345; rogue states and terrorism and, 321–324

  Nunn, Sam, 337

  “Nunn-Lugar” Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction Act of 1991, 337–339

  Nuremberg Tribunal, 43–44, 235, 822–823; UN Charter and, 365–371

  Nye, Joseph S., 323

  O'Connor, Sandra Day, 461–462

  Odom, William, 241, 295–296

  O'Dwyers PR Services, 833–834

  Office of Special Plans (Defense Department): bogus WMD claims and, 269, 271–272; manipulation of intelligence and, 283–285; neoconservative dominance of, 262–266; postwar Iraq reconstruction and, 200–207

  O'Hanlon, Michael, 734

  “Oil-for-Food” Program: currency issues in, 406–407, 413–414; in Gulf War I, 820; legal issues concerning, 824–829; UN role in, 14

  Oil industry: Bush administration links to, xx-xxii; China oil imports and, 414–416; dollar fiat money agreement and, 405–408; euro-dollar conflicts and, 400–417; Hussein's pricing policies and, 34; Iraqi electoral politics and, 761–762; Iraq War and, ixx-xxiii, 15–16, 357, 651–653; neoconservative links to, 116; U.S. Middle East policy and, 32, 203–207; war on terror and, 378–381

  Okrent, Daniel, 571

  Old Covenant, Catholic Church and Christian Zionism and, 161–163

  Oliver, Revilo, 175–176

  Olson (Solicitor General), 456

  O'Neill, Paul, 15–16, 251, 280, 305

  Operation Desert Fox, 257

  Operation Desert Storm, 254, 257; media coverage of, 595, 599–600

  Operation Horseshoe, 56

  Operation Iraqi Freedom: George H. W. Bush's views on, 9–10; goals of, 46; looting during, 10; military veterans' criticism of, 225–231; as part of strategic influence campaign, 613; reasons for, 9; war on terror linked to, 309–327

  “Operation Iraqi Freedom Strategic Lessons Learned,” 293

  Operation Lightning, 728

  Operation TELIC, 617–618

  Operation Wheeler Wallawa, 44

  O'Reilly, Bill, 373, 585–588

  O'Reilly Factor, The, 585–588

  Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): dollar fiat money and, 405–408, 415–416, 656–657; Europe relationship with, 34; petro-dollar recycling and, 402–403; U.S. foreign debt and, 408–409

  O'Rourke, William, 186, 194–195

  Osman, Hiwa, 717–718

  Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), 190–192

  Owens-Kirkpatrick, Barbara, 494

  Pace, Peter, 628–629

  Padilla, Jose, 434, 461

  Padilla v. Bush, 461–462

  Paine, Katie Delahaye, 602

  Pakistan: autocracy in, 321; decline in U.S. hegemony and, 393–397; nuclear weapons in, 340–341

  Paleoconservatives: National Review attack against, 175, 179; neoconservatives and, 113

  Palestine-Eretz Israel, 167

  Palestinian Authority, U.S. relations with, 393–394

  “Palestinian hanging” interrogation technique, 517–518

  Palestinians: anti-Zionism and support for, 164–167; Armageddon and, 148–149; Christians as, 649–650; history of, 167; Iraq and, 649–650; Israeli targeted killings of, 435n.2; Israel's policy towards, 98–99, 120, 148, 160–161; just-war theory and fate of, 133–134; loss of land of, 164; terrorism among, 317; word origin of, 167

  Palmer Raids, 452

  Pan-Arabism, 654

  Panorama magazine, 497

  Papal authority. See also Catholic Church: American rejection of, 171, 174, 177–179, 233; opposition to Iraq war and, 355–359, 663–672

  Pappas, Thomas, 528, 539

  Paredes, Pablo, 232–239

  Patriot, The, 692–693

  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, 704, 769

  Patriotism, terrorism and, 318–319, 325–327

  Paul, Ron (Cong.), 755–756, 770

  Paul VI (Pope), 355

  Pax Americana plan, 73–77

  Pax Israelica, 85–86

  Peace dividend, 115

  Peace Pipeline, 331

  Pearlstein, Norm, 505

  Pelletière, Stephen C., 328–331

  Penn, Sean, 592

  Pentagon. See Defense Department (U.S.)

  Pentagon Papers, 505

  Peres, Shimon, 52

  Perkins, John, 186, 406n.1

  Perle, Richard: Chalabi and, 255; Congressional ties to, 272; Defense Policy Board and, 258, 339; on destruction of internationalism, 106; euro-dollar conflict and, 412; Iraq war build-up and, 254, 257, 259–261; as Jewish luminary, 110; Kucinich debate with, ixx; Lebanon occupation and, 200; non-proliferation treaties and, 339; oil as motive for Iraqi war and, ixx-xxiii;

  Plamegate and, 500; profiteering in Iraq war and, 193; Project for a New American Century and, 89–90, 102; “Vulcans” group and, 251, 257; Washington influence of, 7, 86–88, 91, 102, 192–193; Zionism and, 139, 161

  Perry, William, 286

  Peters, Lawrence, 737n.2

  Petra Bank, 254

  Petro-dollars, recycling of, 402–403

  Pew Research Center, 153

  Phelps, Timothy, 730–731

  Philbin, Patrick, 420, 454–457, 460n.1

  Philippines, U.S. occupation of, 200

  Philips, Kevin, 177

  Phillips, David, 756

  Physicians for Human Rights, 522

  Pictet, Jean, 421, 432n.3

  Pilger, John, 31, 706–707

  Pincus, Walter, 285

  Pinsker, Leo, 138

  Piper, Michael Collins, 147

  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 121

  Plame, Valerie, 16, 490–507

  Plan of Attack, 96, 122, 18
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  Platt Amendment, 455n.1, 456

  Pluchinsky, Dennis, 589

  Plymouth Bretheren, 144, 152

  Podesta, John, 375

  Podhoretz, Norman, 102, 105, 412

  Pohl, James L., 543

  Poindexter, William, 607

  Poison factories in Iraq, allegations concerning, 618

  “Policy Counterterrorism Evaluation Group,” 259–260, 264–265, 271n.2

  “Political risk” insurance, 189–190

  Pollard, Jonathan, 499

  Pontifical Council for the Laity, 355

  Porter, John, 836

  Potemra, Michael, 176

  Powell, Colin: bogus mobile biological weapons labs claims by, 269–271; bogus WMD claims of, xx, 274–275, 281, 287, 290; buildup to Iraq war and, 257–261; Bush and, 349–350; description of, 87; neoconservatives and, 96–97, 100; on ricin poison factory allegations, 618; Scud missiles in Iraq claimed by, 623; UN briefings by, 363–364, 369; unmanned airborne vehicles in Iraq, bogus claims of, 270–271; yellowcake uranium controversy and, 502–504

  “Power of Nightmares, The,” 696–697

  POWs: alleged executions of, 627–628; extra-judicial detention of, 435–438; Geneva Convention status of, 432–440; Guantánamo detainees status as, 458–459; interrogation guidelines for, 438–439; Speicher case and, 620

  Prather, Gordon, 334–345

  Premillennial dispensationalism, 145–148, 153

  Presidential authority: Guantánamo detention center issue and, 412–413, 457–463, 474–482; legal issues concerning, 374–382; prisoner abuse scandal and, 604

  Presidential Power, 374

  President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, 280

  Preventive war doctrine, UN Charter and, 365–371

  Price of Loyalty, The, 251

  Prisoner abuse scandal: investigations into, 520–529; testimony concerning, 379

  “Private contractors” (U.S.), statistics in Iraq on, 737n.2

  Private security companies (PSCs), statistics in Iraq on, 737n.2

  Professional Soldier, The, 210

  Profiteering in Iraq war, 188–195

  Project for a New American Century (PNAC): American hegemony ideology and, 389–397; Congressional ties to, 272; establishment of, 7–8; euro-dollar conflict and, 412–413; Lebanon occupation and, 200; letters to Bush from, 102, 154; letters to Clinton and Gingrich, 88–90; neoconservative roots of, 94, 265–266; report issued by, 90; war on terrorism supported by, 102

  Project for the Old American Century, 224

 

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