Of all the reasons for invading Iraq, securing water rights was never mentioned because it implicates too many countries with volatile connections to Iraq, like Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Israel. Protest signs read, "No Blood For Oil," as American corporations salivated in line for the opportunity to win contracts to rebuild the ravaged infrastructure. Why did no anti-war protesters carry signs saying, "No War for Water?" They should have

Iraq After Saddam: Armed Gangs, Islamist Police, Coalition Torture
Amnesty International researchers allege coalition forces have tortured prisoners

Bush Hawks Quickly Turn Sights On Iran
Neo-cons propose covert ops to destabilize the government

Bush Seeks Full Control Over Iraq Oil Fields
Wants UN resolution legitimizing military attack on Iraq

American Rule, Not Democracy In Iraq's Future Two year occupation, aggressive plan to pump oil

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LOOTED FROM IRAQ NUKE FACILITIES
Lethal canisters being emptied, used to store food

U.S. Strikes Truce With Major Terrorist Group
Sold itself to Repub right-wing as a kind of Iranian Contra org

Saudi Blasts Spell More Unrest, Violence Ahead Birth of new, more violent Islamist movement post- Iraq war

Saudi Arabia Bombing Probably Not Al Qaeda Target represents everything wrong with U.S. - Saudi relationship

Neo-Conservatives Target War With Iran
Wants covert operations to "take the fight to Iran"

Bechtel Deal In Iraq Leads Privatization Of U.S. Military
Unprecedented shift of military operations to private corporations

U.S. Rushes To Punish France For Opposing Iraq War
French angry at Bush Admin false information

Iraqi Militias Vie For Control Of Mosul
Northern city has become a battleground for rival militias

Arab World Believes U.S. Had Deal With Iraq Army Conspiracy theorists believe elite Republican Guard was paid to abandon defense

Poll: Public Gave Bush His Shot On Iraq, But Not A Blank Check Despite U.S. victory in Iraq, public opinion unchanged as to UN and role of U.S. in the world

"Saddam Spotting" Grips Arab World Conspiracy theories abound

Bush AIDS Promises Misleading, Analysts Say
A fraction of the amount that Bush Bush in State Of Union speech

U.S. Depleted Uranium Ammo Will Kill Iraqis -- And War Vets -- For Years
Almost one-third of 1991 Gulf War vets now claim illness from "exposures"

British Minister Quits: Bush, Blair Broke Iraq Promises
Promised repeatedly that UN would have leadership role in Iraq

Bush Strongarms Mexico For Share Of Oil
Threatens to clamp down on border

After The Kurds, The War For Balochi Rights Large ethnic group spread across 3 nations, mostly Iran

Turkey Backs Off From N Iraq Kurd Blockade Possiblility of breakaway Kurdistan republic fades -- for now

Bush's Coalition Of The Tiny Wants Payback
Slovakia, Romania, others in E Europe now want a piece of Iraq

Russian Dreams Of Oil Empire Fades With Iraq Fall Wanted to become world's leading oil exporter

Ashcroft Moves To End Victims' Rights Law Law used by Holocaust victims to sue companies, banks that worked with Nazis

Three States Aim to Outlaw Eco-Protests
Texas, NY, and Pennsylvania debate new "environmental harassment" laws

Bush Wants Aggressive Nuke Program Putting dangerous stress on nuclear proliferation

Colin Powell's Job Gets Harder And Harder
Forced to negotiate with right-wingers at home as well as diplomats abroad

Why Ari Fleischer Should Have Resigned in Protest
Even Gerald Ford press secretary could admit mistakes were made

EPA Head Christie Whitman Quits Bush Cabinet s
Long humiliated, lone Cabinet moderate resigns

Bush Stonewall Of 9/11 Investigation Becoming Scandal
It couldn't be that they've got something to hide now, could it?

Enviros Point Out $58 Billion In Budget Cuts
Wasteful programs, destructive pork barrel polices

Who's In Charge Of Iraq Policy?
War between Pentagon and State Dept. raging

FCC Commissioners Accepted Payola
The Texas Legislature Train Wreck
Why Are Repubs Happy About Iraq?
Texas Bipartisanship Takes A Licking
Texas Repubs Take Meanness To New Level
Note To White House: Lies Count
Texas House Cuts Services, Jobs, Meds For Disturbed Criminals
Those Missing Weapons Of Mass Destruction