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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
Officials in the Bush administration have privately confirmed that the administration's objections to the International Criminal Court stem from fears that American leaders could face charges. In its public statements, the administration has mentioned only the possibility of American soldiers facing charges on political grounds. Both the private and public objections, of course, ignore that the International Criminal court allows the country of any accused individual from trying that person through its judicial system and system of jurisprudence. Source: New York Times, 7 September 2002.

**This week's columns**
Bear Left Review of Books: The Real American Philanthropists Paul Corrigan Barbara Enrehreich shows that the working poor are America's real philanthropists. Read The Real American Philanthropists!	Mister Clean Tim Francis-Wright You might think that Warren Tolman had kicked Adrian Walker's dog. No, the Boston Globe columnist is angry because Tolman is running for governor using public funds. Read Mister Clean!

G. E. Expenses for Ex-Chief Cited in Divorce Papers: Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch enjoys a plethora of company perks, even in retirement (Geraldine Fabrikant, New York Times).
Looking Back to See the Challenge Ahead: A new, energized citizens' movement must make the issues of 10 September 2001 visible again (Howard Zinn, TomPaine.com).
Wake-Up Call: In the biggest war game of all time, a retired general playing Saddam Hussein beat the Pentagon brass (Julian Borger, The Guardian).
Inarticulate, and Proud of It: Our president lacks understanding of the relationships between words and acts, or rhetoric and intention (James Carroll, Boston Globe).
In War, Some Facts Less Factual: Some American assertions from the last war on Iraq were faulty or just plain fraudulent (Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor).
Plans for Iraq Attack Began on 9/11: On 11 September 2001, Donald Rumsfeld ordered studies of an attack on Iraq without any evidence to link Iraq with the 9/11 terrorists (CBS News).
Netanyahu's Wife: "Israel Can Burn": The wife of former Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu claimed recently that he was "bigger than this entire country" of Israel: the Greeks called this hubris (Associated Press).

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