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Sammonds: Israeli WMD
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Neil Sammonds
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The tenth anniversary of the crash of El Al flight LY1862 in the Netherlands passed virtually unnoticed by the world’s media. On 4 Octob...
Cummings: Iran, Iraq, Whatever...
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Richard Cummings
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One day, quite a few years ago, I was having lunch with my Iranian friend, Rudy Alam, who was attending the University of Pennsylvania, and who was the daughter of the then Prime Minster of Iran. It was a student hangout, and a waitress recognized...
Z: Noble Carter?
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Mickey Z
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The October 11, 2002 Washington Post article reported that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had beat out peace-loving nominees like George W. Bush and Tony Blair to win the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find pe...
Mahajan: What War Means to the Iraqi People
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Romi Mahajan
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I woke up early to the news today and wish sleep carried me a little longer. In much poetry, dawn represents the breaking of the methaphorical night of loneliness, a respite from pain. But for the Iraqi people, this is not that...
Kamel: Urban Legends
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Rachael Kamel
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Rachael Kamel is a founding member of the Jewish Mobilization for a Just Peace, a grassroots organization in Philadelphia. Last year, not long after the September 11 attack on the World Trade Center, I overheard two well-dressed businessm...
Francese: Thousands Rise Up Against New Era of Corporate Colonialism
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Justin Francese
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indigenous peoples and it continues today with industrial megaprojects like the Plan Puebla Panama." In Panama, indigenous activists are marching from Costa Rica to Panama City, a distance of over 200 miles, to protest the ecological destruction ...
Francese: Thousands Rise Up Against New Era of Corporate Colonialism
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Justin Francese
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This Saturday, October 12th, dozens of demonstrations will be held all over the US, Mexico and Central America to protest the 510th anniversary of Columbus day. Thousands of indigenous activists and supporters from Canada to Panama, will block bor...
Avnery: Israel: The Jewish Demographic State?
Znet Article, October, 11 2002
Uri Avnery
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It sounds like a bad joke, but it really happened: A rabbi went from Israel to Peru, converted a group of Native Americans to Judaism, brought them to this country and put them in a settlement, on land taken away from its Palestinian owners. Ther...
Herring: The Choice on Iraq
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Eric Herring
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The current crisis is often represented as being caused by Iraq's refusal to comply with UN resolutions to give up its nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programmes. Therefore, the argument goes, Iraq will only comply if major military threa...
Bricmont: Just Say No-to Imperialism
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Jean Bricmont
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Neither Iraqi concessions nor objections from leaders of traditionally friendly countries seem able to deter the United States government from its determination to take to the warpath against Iraq to impose "regime change". This unprecedented defi...
Solomon: Democrats Playing Catch-up In Media War
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Norman Solomon
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Many news stories and commentaries have marveled at the failure of Democrats to seize the high political ground this fall. With the nation's economic stride continuing to falter under a Republican president, the main opposition party should be cru...
Lieberman: Cracks In The Ice
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Daid Lieberman
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These have been tense days as we await Congress's vote on Bush's proposal for war powers to use against Iraq. By the time this article reaches print, the vote will have been taken and the focus of debate will have moved on, but the situation at th...
Said: Israel, Iraq, And The US
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Edward Said
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Many parts of Lebanon were bombed heavily by Israeli warplanes on 4 June, 1982. Two days later the Israeli army entered Lebanon through the country's southern border. Menachem Begin was prime minister, Ariel Sharon his minister of defense. The imm...
Bishara: A Staring Contest
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Azmi Bishara
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At a sizable demonstration recently held in London to protest against a war on Iraq, the Palestinian flag stood out amidst the sea of banners. Curiously enough, it attracted little attention, as though it were entirely normal for the Palestinian s...
Sustar: We Support The Dockworkers!
Znet Article, October, 10 2002
Lee Sustar
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GEORGE W. Bush and the employers want to use the Taft-Hartley Act--America’s notorious "slave labor law"--to break the West Coast dockworkers’ union. But members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) hav...
Administrator: Iraq on the Verge Of War
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Site Administrator
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C1. Are U.S. leaders correct in their characterization of Saddam Hussein as a monster? There are two possible meanings of the word "monster." What most people mean by the term is a leader...
Lowenstein: Khan Yunis: Before The Juggernaut
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Jennifer Lowenstein
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A mobile watchtower, lifted into the air by a crane, surveys Khan Yunis day and night. An ambulance from the city waits behind a nearby concrete building day after day; it waits so that the next child shot for playing too close to the wall can mak...
Edwards: Idolaters, Inc.
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
David Edwards
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Pacifying people by passing over Western crimes and focusing laser-like on the crimes of demonised enemies is one thing. Infinitely more effective, however, is to simply persuade the public that worrying about political issues is best left to the ...
Hass: Always A Fighter, Always A Terrorist
Znet Article, October, 09 2002
Amira Hass
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A Palestinian is a terrorist when he attacks Israeli civilians on both sides of the Green Line - in Israel and the territories - and when he attacks Israeli soldiers at the gates of a Palestinian city. A Palestinian is a terrorist when an army uni...
