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Iraq's WMD Capability
BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL BASIC SPECIAL REPORT Unravelling the Known Unknowns: Why no Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found in Iraq By David Isenberg and Ian Davis BASIC Special Report 2004.1 January 2004 1 The British American Security Information Council The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent research organization that analyzes international security issues. BASIC works to promote awareness of security issues among the public, policy makers and the media in order to foster informed debate on both sides of the Atlantic. BASIC in the U.K. is a registered charity no. 1001081 BASIC in the U.S. is a non-profit organization constituted under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code David Isenberg, Senior Analyst David Isenberg joined BASIC's Washington office in November 2002. He has a wide background in arms control and national security issues, and brings close to 20 years of experience in this field, including three years as a member of DynMeridian's Arms Control & Threat Reduction Division, and nine years as Senior Analyst at the Center for Defense Information. Ian Davis, Director Dr. Ian Davis is Executive Director of BASIC and has a rich background in government, academia, and the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector. He received both his Ph.D. and B.A. in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford. He was formerly Program Manager at Saferworld before being appointed as the new Executive Director of BASIC in October 2001. He has published widely on British defense and foreign policy, European security, the international arms trade, arms export controls, small arms and light weapons and defense diversification. -
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px hawkish hack cover (HDS).qxp 07/12/2006 20:25 Page 1 think tank of the year Much of the discourse on the war on terror sacrifices historical 2006/2007 perspective for an often partisan focus on the day-by-day flow of events. Confessions of a Hawkish Hack: The Media and the War on Terror is Matthew d’Ancona’s critique of such short-termism. In it, he outlines his own interpretation of the attacks of 9/11 and the media’s coverage of events since then. Above all, he urges the West to show greater patience and stamina in a conflict that is likely to last for decades and may never have a clear end point. Thus far our biggest deficit in waging war on terror has been a lack of ideas—the“ kind of reshaping ideas that Viner, Brodie, Schelling, and others developed to cope with the emergence of the nuclear threat during the Cold War. In this remarkable essay, Matthew d’Ancona undertakes precisely this groundbreaking effort, focusing on the fraught relationship between the media and the wars on terror. It is a triumph.” Philip Bobbitt, author of The Shield of Achilles Matthew d'Ancona blends the slow, medium and fast pulses of history in a“ way that truly illuminates the bundle of problems facing open societies confronting international terrorism of a kind and on a scale none of them have experienced before. Would that more journalists had the intellectual Confessions of a and verbal horsepower evident in this immensely thoughtful piece.” Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London Hawkish -
The Report of the Iraq Inquiry: Executive Summary
Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 6 July 2016 for The Report of the Iraq Inquiry Executive Summary Report of a Committee of Privy Counsellors Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 6 July 2016 HC 264 46561_00b Viking_Executive Summary Title Page.indd 1 23/06/2016 14:22 © Crown copyright 2016 This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/ version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected]. Where we have identifi ed any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. This publication is available at www.gov.uk/government/publications Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at [email protected] Print ISBN 9781474133319 Web ISBN 9781474133326 ID 23051602 46561 07/16 Printed on paper containing 75% recycled fi bre content minimum Printed in the UK by the Williams Lea Group on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Offi ce 46561_00b Viking_Executive Summary Title Page.indd 2 23/06/2016 14:22 46561_00c Viking_Executive Summary.indd 1 23/06/2016 15:04 46561_00c Viking_Executive Summary.indd 2 23/06/2016 14:17 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 4 Pre‑conflict strategy and planning .................................................................................... 5 The UK decision to support US military action ................................................................. 6 UK policy before 9/11 ................................................................................................ -
Suez 1956 24 Planning the Intervention 26 During the Intervention 35 After the Intervention 43 Musketeer Learning 55
Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East 55842_Kettle.indd842_Kettle.indd i 006/09/186/09/18 111:371:37 AAMM 55842_Kettle.indd842_Kettle.indd iiii 006/09/186/09/18 111:371:37 AAMM Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East Louise Kettle 55842_Kettle.indd842_Kettle.indd iiiiii 006/09/186/09/18 111:371:37 AAMM Edinburgh University Press is one of the leading university presses in the UK. We publish academic books and journals in our selected subject areas across the humanities and social sciences, combining cutting-edge scholarship with high editorial and production values to produce academic works of lasting importance. For more information visit our website: edinburghuniversitypress.com © Louise Kettle, 2018 Edinburgh University Press Ltd The Tun – Holyrood Road, 12(2f) Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh EH8 8PJ Typeset in 11/1 3 Adobe Sabon by IDSUK (DataConnection) Ltd, and printed and bound in Great Britain. A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 4744 3795 0 (hardback) ISBN 978 1 4744 3797 4 (webready PDF) ISBN 978 1 4744 3798 1 (epub) The right of Louise Kettle to be identifi ed as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI No. 2498). 55842_Kettle.indd842_Kettle.indd iivv 006/09/186/09/18 111:371:37 AAMM Contents Acknowledgements vii 1. Learning from History 1 Learning from History in Whitehall 3 Politicians Learning from History 8 Learning from the History of Military Interventions 9 How Do We Learn? 13 What is Learning from History? 15 Who Learns from History? 16 The Learning Process 18 Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East 21 2. -
AFTINET Bulletin No. 140 September 2007 If You Would Like to Contribute
Level 3, Suite 3B, 110 Kippax St Surry Hills, NSW, 2010 Phone: 02 9212 7242 Fax: 02 9211 1407 Email: [email protected] ACN 097 603 131 ABN 83 659 681 462 www.aftinet.org.au AFTINET Bulletin No. 140 September 2007 If you would like to contribute to the Bulletin, please contact us at [email protected] or Phone (02) 9212 7242 Fax (02) 9211 1407 Previous AFTINET Bulletins and resources are available at www.aftinet.org.au. Contents: 1. Alternative APEC (APPEC) events a success 2. Activist comes with a health warning: Lori Wallach in the SMH 3 Did APEC achieve anything? 4. APEC fails to address sex slavery, people trafficking say unions 5. Foreign workers 'enslaved' by 457 visa 6. New free trade agreements update 7. Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA Sydney Annual Dinner September 26 8. PIAC 25th Anniversary Dinner and Conference October 18 and 19 9. John Pilger’s, ‘The War on Democracy’ opens nationally September 27 1. Alternative APEC (APPEC) events a success The events organised by the Asia Pacific People for Environment and Community were a great success with over 200 people attending both the forum and the conference to hear speakers from Australia and the region discuss alternative visions of fair trade to address the challenges of human rights, labour rights, poverty and environmentally sustainable development in the region. Congratulations to the AFTINET campaigners and volunteers who worked so hard to achieve this. Although the media was dominated by fear- mongering about security threats and demonstrations, there was also media coverage of the APPEC alternative events, which provided some fair trade voices contesting the APEC vision. -
Australia in the Connected World Twelve Page Special
An iTWire publication www.itwire.com Issue 37 12 October 2013 Australia in the connected world Twelve page special Twitter confirms it will go public New iPads on the way Cisco acquires Sourcefire Sacked NBN director slams Turnbull In this Issue TO JUMP TO A STORY, CLICK THE PAGE NUMBER SPECIAL FEATURE AUSTRALIA IN THE CONNECTED WORLD Australia improves digital ranking 4 Australian mobile downloads surge 7 … but the handset market is saturated and declining 8 … with slow growth forecast in mobile services 9 Telstra customers have the oldest phones 10 … and Aussies choose cheaper over faster 11 Australians engage with online advertising 13 … while PC sales get even sicker 14 Obama upholds Samsung ban 16 Berners-Lee promotes affordable Web 16 IT in healthcare not keeping up 17 Unisys releases new virtualisation platform 19 … and enters MDM market by Stealth 21 Huge rise in privacy concerns 22 Cisco acquires Sourcefire 23 Sydney Catholic high schools install massive Wi-Fi network 24 Microsoft pays $100K for new exploit technique 25 Facebook removes more privacy 26 Telstra says 4G demands ‘acceleration’ 27 Sacked NBN director slams Turnbull – and Conroy 28 All that Twitters will be sold 29 iTWire Magazine Issue 37 12 October 2013 iTWire Pty Ltd www.itwire.com page 2 Optus replaces Telstra in NSW Government shared services 30 … and inks $60 million Virgin deal 31 AIG wants the new NBN to prioritise business 31 Quickflix rebound continues 33 Google Australia boss says NBN debate flawed 34 Commander announces ‘rapid’ 4G plans 35 Telstra to provide -
Intelligence Information and Judicial Evidentiary Standards
811 INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION AND JUDICIAL EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS ROBERT BEJESKYt I. INTRODUCTION................................... 811 II. FACT FINDERS .................................... 813 III. NUCLEAR CAPABILITY ........................... 820 IV. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS........................... 836 V. CHEMICAL WEAPONS ............................ 845 VI. DELIVERY SYSTEMS .............................. 851 VII. M ENS REA ......................................... 854 VIII. INVOLVEMENT WITH TERRORISM ............... 855 IX. CONCLUSION ..................................... 875 I. INTRODUCTION Senator Kennedy called it "reprehensible" that the "administra- tion distorted, misrepresented and manipulated the intelligence" on Iraq.' Louis Fisher wrote: "There should be no question that the pre- war information was distorted, hyped, and fabricated. The October 2002 [National Intelligence Estimate ("NIE")] prepared by the intelli- gence community is plain evidence of that . ."2 University of Pitts- burgh President Jem Spectar contended that the "Bush administration exploited, furthered, manipulated or thrived on the public's confusion .... "3 Professor Yamamoto explained, "Many have documented this ad- ministration's penchant for deliberate misrepresentations on national security-in blunt terms, [and] for lying to the American people about threats at home and abroad."4 Harvard Emeritus Professor Stanley t MA Political Science (Michigan), MA Applied Economics (Michigan), LL.M. In- ternational Law (Georgetown). The author has taught courses in International Law at Cooley Law School and for the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, courses in American Government and Constitutional Law at Alma College, and courses in Business Law at Central Michigan University and the University of Miami. 1. J M Spectar, Beyond the Rubicon: PresidentialLeadership, InternationalLaw & The Use of Force in the Long Hard Slog, 22 CoN. J. Irr'iL L. 47, 90 (2006). 2. Louis Fisher, Lost ConstitutionalMoorings: Recovering the War Power, 81 IND. -
The Impact of the Australian Catholic University's Paid Maternity Leave Provision
The Impact of the Australian Catholic University’s Paid Maternity Leave Provision Final Report Denise Thompson, Michael Bittman and Peter Saunders SPRC Report 3/04 Social Policy Research Centre University of New South Wales February 2004 The Impact of the Australian Catholic University’s Paid Maternity Leave Provision Final Report Denise Thompson, Michael Bittman and Peter Saunders Report Prepared for the Australian Catholic University ACU Maternity Leave Provisions For a full list of SPRC Publications see www.sprc.unsw.edu.au or contact: Publications, SPRC, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, 2052 Australia. Telephone: +61 (2) 9385 7802 Fax: +61 (2) 9385 7838 Email: sprcpub unsw.edu.au ISSN 1446-4179 ISBN 0 7334 2119 9 March 2004 The views expressed in this publication do not represent any official position on the part of the Social Policy Research Centre, but are the views of the individual author(s). ii ACU Maternity Leave Provisions Executive Summary • On 14 August 2001, the Australian Catholic University (ACU) announced that its new General Staff Enterprise Bargaining Agreement included a provision for one year’s paid maternity leave – 12 weeks on full pay and a further 40 weeks on 60 per cent pay. • This report assesses the impact of the ACU maternity leave provision on shaping the public debate on parental leave by examining how the issue has been covered in the media since its announcement, and how this has been incorporated into the broader debate on family-friendly workplace policies. • The project does not address the impact of the provisions on the ACU itself, or on its employees. -
Basic Special Report
BRITISH AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION COUNCIL BASIC SPECIAL REPORT Unravelling the Known Unknowns: Why no Weapons of Mass Destruction have been found in Iraq By David Isenberg and Ian Davis BASIC Special Report 2004.1 January 2004 1 The British American Security Information Council The British American Security Information Council (BASIC) is an independent research organization that analyzes international security issues. BASIC works to promote awareness of security issues among the public, policy makers and the media in order to foster informed debate on both sides of the Atlantic. BASIC in the U.K. is a registered charity no. 1001081 BASIC in the U.S. is a non-profit organization constituted under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service Code David Isenberg, Senior Analyst David Isenberg joined BASIC's Washington office in November 2002. He has a wide background in arms control and national security issues, and brings close to 20 years of experience in this field, including three years as a member of DynMeridian's Arms Control & Threat Reduction Division, and nine years as Senior Analyst at the Center for Defense Information. Ian Davis, Director Dr. Ian Davis is Executive Director of BASIC and has a rich background in government, academia, and the non-governmental organization (NGO) sector. He received both his Ph.D. and B.A. in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford. He was formerly Program Manager at Saferworld before being appointed as the new Executive Director of BASIC in October 2001. He has published widely on British defense and foreign policy, European security, the international arms trade, arms export controls, small arms and light weapons and defense diversification. -
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Adapted Screenplays
Absorbing the Worlds of Others: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Adapted Screenplays By Laura Fryer Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of a PhD degree at De Montfort University, Leicester. Funded by Midlands 3 Cities and the Arts and Humanities Research Council. June 2020 i Abstract Despite being a prolific and well-decorated adapter and screenwriter, the screenplays of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala are largely overlooked in adaptation studies. This is likely, in part, because her life and career are characterised by the paradox of being an outsider on the inside: whether that be as a European writing in and about India, as a novelist in film or as a woman in industry. The aims of this thesis are threefold: to explore the reasons behind her neglect in criticism, to uncover her contributions to the film adaptations she worked on and to draw together the fields of screenwriting and adaptation studies. Surveying both existing academic studies in film history, screenwriting and adaptation in Chapter 1 -- as well as publicity materials in Chapter 2 -- reveals that screenwriting in general is on the periphery of considerations of film authorship. In Chapter 2, I employ Sandra Gilbert’s and Susan Gubar’s notions of ‘the madwoman in the attic’ and ‘the angel in the house’ to portrayals of screenwriters, arguing that Jhabvala purposely cultivates an impression of herself as the latter -- a submissive screenwriter, of no threat to patriarchal or directorial power -- to protect herself from any negative attention as the former. However, the archival materials examined in Chapter 3 which include screenplay drafts, reveal her to have made significant contributions to problem-solving, characterisation and tone. -
Bulletin 80 13 Dec.P65
THE CBW CONVENTIONS BULLETIN News, Background and Comment on Chemical and Biological Weapons Issues ISSUE NO. 80 SEPTEMBER 2008 Quarterly Journal of the Harvard Sussex Program on CBW Armament and Arms Limitation BRINGING THE CBW CONVENTIONS CLOSER TOGETHER Julian Perry Robinson, Harvard Sussex Program In 1968, for reasons that are still not entirely clear, the United – people, other animals and plants – on a giant scale. The Kingdom proposed that biological weapons (BW) and Shady Grove field trials conducted by the United States off chemical weapons (CW) should in future be treated separately Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean during February and at the Geneva disarmament conference, and that the talks March 1964 are said to have demonstrated that, against caged should first concentrate on BW. That is what happened, rhesus monkeys, one single-seat aircraft could establish gradually. The international agreement that already existed disease-causing dosages of bacterial aerosol at sea level over in the field, the 1925 Geneva Protocol, had taken chemical nearly five thousand square kilometres. That was a biological and biological weapons (CBW) together. Their new separation weapon, but, as is described below, similar areas of led to the 1972 Biological & Toxin Weapons Convention (the effectiveness were anticipated for future chemical weapons BWC) and then the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention as well. Urban areas of like size – the habitat of maybe (CWC), so in fact both types of weapon became outlawed, millions of people — might be no less vulnerable. So, as and it is possible that neither would have been without that casualty agents, there may in principle be some comparability parting of the ways. -
Project Safecom News and Updates Monday, 19 June 2017
Project SafeCom News and Updates Monday, 19 June 2017 Support us by making periodic donations: http://www.safecom.org.au/donate.htm 1. Gillian Triggs says Australia's politicians leading 'assault' on democratic ideals 2. A future for Australia's refugee program? Private sponsorship costing $100,000 3. Peter Lewis: What if Australia already had its 'Trump moment' – and it was Tony Abbott? 4. Voters back deportation of asylum seekers if refugee claims fail – Guardian Essential poll 5. Manus Island: Government could pay compensation to almost 2,000 detainees over treatment 6. Manus Island class action: government to compensate former detainees in huge settlement 7. Government to pay damages to 1,905 Manus Island detainees in class action 8. MEDIA RELEASE: No amount of money can compensate for Manus horror 9. Brutal truth of Australia's detention regime can't be written off. Not even for $70m 10. Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton condemn payout to refugees detained on Manus Island 11. Michael Gordon: Despite what Peter Dutton says, the Manus Island payout is momentous 12. Martin McKenzie-Murray: The wrong kind of settlement 13. Richard Ackland: Australian government pays heavy penalty for Manus mistreatment 14. UN official says Australia responsible for 'inhuman' treatment of asylum seekers 15. MEDIA RELEASE: "Where's Behrouz?" Refugee protest to march to Manus Film World Premiere 16. Refugee documentaries offer window into banality, brutality and hope 17. Peter Dutton pressures Labor to support Coalition's citizenship crackdown 18. Feedback on controversial citizenship changes to be kept secret 19. Coalition's citizenship laws would give Peter Dutton power to overrule court decisions 20.