LAST MONTH THE leaders of US imperialism made massive
tactical blunders in Iraq. By launching a revenge attack on Falluja and
attempting to ‘capture or kill’ Moqtada al-Sadr, the US weakened its already
crumbling political base and ignited a countrywide uprising, uniting Sunnis and
Shias in a nationalist insurgency against the imperialist occupation.
On 1 May ten countries joined the European Union (EU) after
months of negotiations and a series of successful referendums. ‘New Europe’, as
famously described by Donald Rumsfeld, has married ‘Old Europe’. But is this the
wedding that will lead to the break up of the EU? KARL DEBBAUT reports.
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