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  • “Howard and Bush are war criminals" ‘They are afraid of you’
    7 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The following remarks were made by independent journalist John Pilger to a March 20 anti-war rally in Sydney.
    The other day, the Aboriginal filmmaker Richard Frankland said this: “When you’ve got a voice, you’ve got freedom, and when you’ve got freedom, you’ve got responsibility. Negotiating with politicians doesn’t work. You’ve got to change attitudes.” That’s the task for all of us here today. It’s not an easy one. In fact, many good people in Australia and other countries believe their (…)

  • Whom to believe? US Media reports one death. Other sources say at least 29.
    7 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Some of us don’t trust the US media since the election on November 2, so we have taken to looking elsewhere for accurate news accounts. Since the US media doesn’t seem very interested in telling us what’s going on in Iraq, some of us have found other sources, like the one from which this story was lifted below. (The link will take you to the original, so you can judge for yourself.)
    What is interesting is that the US media has reported ONE US death over the past two days. Maybe, if you’ve (…)

  • Blair, Damaged by Role in Iraq War, Faces Judgment on Character
    7 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Four months after British and American soldiers invaded Iraq in 2003, U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair received a gold medal and standing ovation from the U.S. Congress as he pledged, You’re not going to be alone.’’
    To Americans, Blair, 51, is the most stalwart of allies, winning him popularity ratings that any U.S. politician would envy — 76 percent in a November 2003 Gallup poll. At home, it’s another story. Critics deride him as untrustworthy, and taunt him as President George W. (…)

  • FOX ’News’ misstates (or Lies About) Pope John Paul II’s Position on Iraq
    6 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Neil Cavuto Misstates (or Lies About) Pope John Paul II’s Position on Iraq
    Neil Cavuto (I’ll be generous, for now) vastly misstated Pope John Paul II’s position on the Iraq war today (April 4, 2005) on Your World w/Neil Cavuto.
    Hussein Ibish of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee was a guest. (Fox identified him as being from the "Progressive Muslim Unit," whatever that is.) Hussein was speaking about Pope John Paul’s pacifism and about his frequent support for people on both (…)

  • Palestinians forced thru radioactive X-ray scanner at checkpoint
    6 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    GAZA CITY, April 2, 2005 (IslamOnline.net) - Amidst stark warnings of potential outbreak of chronic and deadly diseases, Israeli occupation troops have recently set up a “radioactive” glass room at the main Rafah crossing through which Palestinians have to pass to enter or exit the Gaza Strip.
    Palestinian medics said that potential diseases include thrombocytopenic, sterility, congenital anomalies, cancer, leukemia, mental retardation and ductless glands disorder, warning that Palestinians (…)

  • US Takes Sister and Mother of Iraqi Freedom Fighter Hostage
    6 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)

    Apr 5, 2005 By Waleed Ibrahim, Reuters
    An Iraqi apparently suspected by U.S. troops of taking part in attacks in Baghdad accused U.S. forces on Tuesday of taking his mother and sister hostage to pressure him and his brothers into surrendering for questioning.
    A U.S. military spokesman in Baghdad said he doubted the accusation and was not aware of such an incident. But neighbors interviewed around Arkan Mukhlif al-Batawi’s villa in the capital’s Sunni Arab suburb of Taji corroborated his (…)

  • Destroy Abu Ghraib!
    6 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This weekend’s attacks on the Abu Ghraib prison facility should be welcomed as a direct assault on the foremost icon of Bush’s War of Terror. Abu Ghraib has the same meaning to Iraqis and free people across the globe as did the Bastille to French citizens prior to the Revolution; an enduring symbol of arbitrary state power and cruelty.
    Under Saddam the prison could be dismissed as the natural exponent of a tyrannical regime bent on removing political opponents. Now, however, under the (…)

  • US Had Hand In Violating Iraq Oil Sanctions
    6 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    US Had Hand In Violating Iraq Oil Sanctions Molly Ivins April 05, 2005 Some days, it’s hard to pick the outrage du jour, but hypocrisy is always an inviting target, and the United Nations oil-for-food scandal provides a two-fer.
    We have been hearing much right-wing huffing over the dreadful, terrible, awful, unprecedented, worst-ever scandal in all history.
    One indignant winger was livid because The New York Times devoted more coverage to the collapse of Enron than to the earth-shaking (…)

  • Where Are the Great Statesmen
    5 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    WASHINGTON — The International Criminal Court has been ratified by 100 nations, but the United States is conspicuously absent from the roster of supporters of the tribunal which was created to prosecute individuals who commit genocide or crimes of war.
    The court, which came into existence in 2002, was created by a treaty negotiated by 120 nations at a conference sponsored by the United Nations in Rome in 1998. The tribunal would step in to prosecute alleged war crimes only if national (…)

  • Pablo Paredes And The Culture Of Life
    5 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Pablo Paredes is a soft-spoken, humble, gentle young man who has a very calm and intelligent demeanor. Pablo is also one of the most courageous young men I have ever met.
    Last year, Pablo, a Navy Petty Officer, refused to board his ship which was bound for the Persian Gulf and transporting a group of Marines to fight in Iraq. He said at the time, I dont want to be part of a ship thats taking 3000 Marines over there knowing a hundred or more of them wont come back. He stood on the dock (…)