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Znet Article Cromwell: Deputy Director of BBC News responds re Iraq

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 David Cromwell
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Mark Damazer, the deputy director of BBC News, has declared his support for the recent controversial BBC Correspondent documentary on Iraq (see archived media alerts). In a letter to The Guardian, Damazer defends the biased and distorted programm...

Znet Article Roughneen: Blowback

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Simon Roughneen
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The American philosopher Santayana remarked “those who do not know their history are condemned to repeat it”. As the Bush administration continues on its almost unquestioning support for the policies of the Sharon government, it ap...

Znet Article News: Kusturica Opposes Bombardment in the Name of Humanity

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Kyodo News
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Zlatibor, Yugoslavia, May 17, 2002 (Kyodo) - Emir Kusturica, the Sarajevo-born filmmaker, has won two Palme d'Or awards at Cannes since starting out as a film director in 1981. During his 20-year career he has produced only seven films...

Znet Article Smith: Futile Care: Who decides?

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Wesley Smith
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Imagine your husband is in a hospital, struggling against a debilitating or life-threatening disease. If something goes wrong, you tell the doctor to do what he can because your husband wants to live. But the doctor says no, he does not believe...

Znet Article Editorial: Sovereignty In Canada

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Canadian dimension Editorial
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Introduction Over the past few years, the U.S. role as an economic giant with the entire globe in its sights has become visible to all, along with its intent to take whatever steps it deems necessary to expand and police its imperial system. Th...

Znet Article Simlesa: Croatia

Znet Article, July, 08 2002 Drazen Simlesa
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Several years ago the Department of Tourism led a big marketing campaign to attract the long dreamed about tourists which were still afraid of the instability of the region. The Department promised "a small country for a great holiday". The onl...

Znet Article Pilger: Leading Rogue State And It's Mercenaries

Znet Article, July, 07 2002 John Pilger
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Shooting at shadows, and the occasional tribesman, blowing up mounds of dirt and displaying "captured" arms for the media, all have been part of the Marines' humiliating role in Afghanistan - a role foisted upon them by the Blair government, whose...

Znet Article Ali: Midnight's Bastards

Znet Article, July, 07 2002 Tariq Ali
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The military response of the American Empire to September 11 has made the world more dangerous and insecure. Its political strategy has led to the promotion of Ariel Sharon and Vladimir Putin as key allies in the 'war against terror' and 'Islamo-f...

Znet Article Fair: Euphemisms for Israeli Settlements Confuse Coverage

Znet Article, July, 07 2002 Fair
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The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported last month (5/31/02) that at the behest of a Likud party minister, the Israel Broadcasting Authority has banned its editorial departments from using the terms "settlers" or "settlements" on radio and TV. Acc...

Znet Article Steel: When Bart Simpson Goes To War, Take Cover

Znet Article, July, 06 2002 Mark Steel
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The American military must take tips from Bart Simpson. As survivors gaze in bewilderment at the four bombarded Afghan villages and 40 people at a wedding killed by American missiles fired from American planes, the Pentagon thinks for a moment and...

Znet Article Levy: Buried With Chocolate In His Hand

Znet Article, July, 06 2002 Gideon Levy
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The video shows it all: Here are the three kids on their bikes, three black dots on the slope of the road, two on the right, close together, the third on the left, and a white car passes between them. A woman calls out something unclear, maybe a w...

Znet Article Avnery: A Maddened Cow

Znet Article, July, 06 2002 Uri Avnery
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Israel is the only state in the world that has a population of 200%. And that's a fact. Public opinion polls show that it has two simultaneous majorities. One is peace- loving, the other supports extreme nationalism. At the present time, it looks...

Znet Article Segall: Why I Won't Serve Sharon

Znet Article, July, 05 2002 Shlomi Segall
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It is remarkable how easily one learns to live with occupation. When I was born, the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories was already three years old. When I became 18 the occupation was still in full force, only by then the Palestini...

Znet Article Ahmad: Cry, the Beloved Country

Znet Article, July, 05 2002 Aijaz Ahmad
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Today India faces the classic situation of a pre-fascist upheaval. What used to be the political centre has collapsed, with the Congress reduced to a parliamentary minority and all the rest so splintered as to be assimilated as small ineffectual g...

Znet Article Cromwell: Climate Of Silence

Znet Article, July, 05 2002 David Cromwell
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On May 13, 2002, Media Lens issued a media alert titled 'The Media's Stranglehold on the "Climate" Debate': We suggested that Media Lens readers contact Michael McCarthy and John Vidal - the environment editors of The Independent and The Guard...

Znet Article Amirali: Rebellion In Pakistan

Znet Article, July, 05 2002 Asha Amirali
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July 3, 2002Dear Sup,Greetings. And much love.We write to inform you of the plight of landless tenants in nine districts in this state of Punjab, Pakistan.A war rages here. On one side, thousands of police, rangers, and the military; on the othe...

Znet Article Azulay: Breeding Points Of Terror

Znet Article, July, 05 2002 Jessica Azulay
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Everywhere you go in Ramallah people talk about checkpoints. Then they talk about living in a prison. But they are not talking about prison as we know it. They are talking about the ongoing strangulation of their city by frustrating checkpoints, s...

Znet Article Mahajan: Why I Will Not Celebrate The 4th Of July

Znet Article, July, 04 2002 Rahul Mahajan
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I am an American. Let me be clear about that.It feels strange saying that because I have so often been made to feel a foreigner in my own country -- first because of my Indian ethnicity, and then more recently because of my outspoken criticism o...

Znet Article Bishara: Quest For The Unholy Grail

Znet Article, July, 04 2002 Azmi Bishara
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Imagine a story from folklore in which a young man wants to marry a king's daughter, and the king sets certain conditions before he will agree. The young man must sail through uncharted seas, explore unknown lands and then return having won a magi...

Znet Article Jensen: Talk Of

Znet Article, July, 03 2002 Robert Jensen
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I was wearing a pro-Palestinian t-shirt; he was wearing a yarmulke. As we sat at the airport waiting for the same flight, he glanced at my shirt and asked me to turn so he could read the message: "Palestine -- 50 years of dispossession, 1948-19...

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