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Znet Article Yamada: The Ongoing Assault

Znet Article, September, 27 2002 Seiji Yamada
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As the Bush administration gears up for an assault on Iraq, let us keep in mind that the people of Iraq have sustained a continuous assault on their existence by means of economic sanctions since 1990.  Imposed by the United Nations on Iraq s...

Commentary Choudry: The George and Gloria Show: Philippine Progressives Under Renewed Attack

Commentary, September, 26 2002 Aziz Choudry
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ÒWhen an individual commits violence against innocent civilians contrary to US interests, Bush calls him a "terroristÓ. When an individual commits violence against innocent civilians in furtherance of US interests, Bush calls him a "freedom fighte...

Znet Article Balkin: The Most Dangerous Person On Earth

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 Jack Balkin
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When George W. Bush was governor of Texas, his basic strategy was to stake out a position and refuse to budge, hoping to bully others into acquiescing. Only when met with strong opposition did he back down and compromise. We are seeing the same st...

Znet Article Podur: South Asia, 'Stiffed'

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 Justin Podur
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With terror feeding terror all over the world, with the United States preparing to escalate a war against Iraq that has killed hundreds of thousands over the past ten years, to think of the kind of voice, the kind of force, India should have been ...

Znet Article Deshpande: Terror Feeds Terror

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 Sudhanva Deshpande
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On the evening of Tuesday, 24 September 2002, thirteen days after 9/11, armed militants stormed into the Swaminarayan temple in Gandhinagar, the capital of the western Indian state of Gujarat, and opened fire on Hindu devotees gathered there for e...

Znet Article Solomon: Spinning Media Gears For A Far Away War

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 Norman Solomon
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BAGHDAD -- From the 12th floor of the Al-Rashid Hotel, the view is much like the panorama of any large metropolis. Along wide streets, cars are in constant motion. The cityscape is filled with tall buildings and residential neighborhoods. Nothing ...

Znet Article Monbiot: They Are Systematically Destroying Economies

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 George Monbiot
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 GEORGE MONBIOT has become one of the leading voices of the global justice movement worldwide. He is a regular columnist for Britain’s Guardian newspaper and author of Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain. He was recentl...

Znet Article Edwards: Hide The Looking Glass

Znet Article, September, 26 2002 David Edwards
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When order and symmetry manifest in the natural world in the absence of conscious design, we feel a sense of wonder - the structural perfection of a snowflake, for example, is remarkable precisely because it is unplanned. Similarly, media reportin...

Commentary Vera-zavala: Democracy As Resistance

Commentary, September, 25 2002 America Vera-zavala
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The Palestinian people have tried all means of resistance an occupied people can think of. One dangerous and effective way involved a lot of people and made the Israeli occupying power so full of fear it threatened and banned the act of resistance...

Znet Article Mayor of nagasaki: Hiroshima And Nagasaki Declarations

Znet Article, September, 25 2002 Mayor of nagasaki
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For more than half a century, the Mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have issued peace declarations in the name of the victims of the atomic bomb. Reflecting the spirit of Hiroshima/Nagasaki, which transcends international enmity among nations in th...

Znet Article Ali: War and Rumours of War

Znet Article, September, 25 2002 Tariq Ali
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[A major rally was organised by the South Asian Alliance in Birmingham on Sunday 15th September 2002.The aim of the rally was to look at the world one year on from September the 11th.The speakers at the rally were Tariq Ali, Shaukat Butt, Asma Jha...

Znet Article Stokes: US Military Doctrine and Colombia's War of Terror

Znet Article, September, 25 2002 Doug Stokes
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Under the new presidency of Colombia's Alvaro Uribe Velez paramilitarism is once again legal. His new network of a million paid informants essentially makes overt what has long been a joint covert US-Colombian strategy of brutal counter-insurgent ...

Znet Article Hass: Everyday Occurences

Znet Article, September, 25 2002 Amira Hass
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Last Thursday morning, two huge bulldozers dug into the earth energetically, as they have been doing in recent months, in a wadi north of Ramallah. Over the past two years, with the gradual closure to Palestinian traffic of all the roads in the We...

Znet Article Fisk: The Dishonesty Of This So-called Dossier

Znet Article, September, 25 2002 Robert Fisk
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Tony Blair's "dossier" on Iraq is a shocking document. Reading it can only fill a decent human being with shame and outrage. Its pages are final proof – if the contents are true – that a massive crime against humanity has been comm...

Znet Article Nakamura: Words on Receiving The Okinawa Peace Prize

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Tetsu Nakamura
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NAKAMURA Tetsu, a Japanese physician, has worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan for nineteen years as head of the Peshawar Medical Association, an NGO that he founded and heads. PMA initially provided medical care. Activities center on the main hospi...

Znet Article Abunimah: Artificial Crisis, Artificial Response

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Ali Abunimah
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If it were to be judged only by its text, Palestinians should be largely satisfied with UN Resolution 1435 passed early on September 24 by 14 votes to 0 with the US abstaining. The resolution demanded that "Israel immediately cease measures in and...

Znet Article Fisk: Prosecute Sharon For War Crimes, Israeli Women Say

Znet Article, September, 24 2002 Robert Fisk
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    In an astonishing letter to the Palestinian survivors of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila camps massacres, nine Israeli women's peace groups have told Palestinians in Beirut that they support their efforts to indict the Israeli Prime Min...

Commentary Bagdikian: Vague Warnings And Public Panic

Commentary, September, 23 2002 Ben Bagdikian
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The American public, already traumatized by the horrors of September 11, are periodically warned that another such act is on the way. Justified warnings, based on realistic knowledge, are necessary and appreciated. But there is a social cost in ra...

Znet Article Hass: Ramallah Diary

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Amira Hass
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Suddenly, at about 11 P.M. on Saturday night, people started calling one another to ask with disbelief if it was true there was demonstrating in the streets. "Is it true what Al Jazeera is reporting - that dozens of young people are demonstrating ...

Znet Article Rights bulletin: Emergency Continues To Grip Aceh

Znet Article, September, 23 2002 Human Rights bulletin
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Since July a political issue constantly on the front pages in Jakarta has been the likelihood that a civil or military emergency/martial law will be declared in Aceh. The idea was first floated by retired Lt. General Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the ...

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