Stories from 2002-09-02
"A group that purports to be a new 'Secret Army of Mujahedeen' is claiming responsibility for attacks on U.S. troops in Arabic-language leaflets that have surfaced in eastern Afghanistan in recent days." [more]
"The prime minister, Tony Blair, today prepared the country for pre-emptive action against Iraq by promising to publish within the next few weeks a dossier on Iraqi attempts to develop weapons of mass destruction. " [more]
"The debate was set off by the killings of 12 Palestinians in three separate incidents between Thursday and Sunday. The Palestinians, who accuse Israel of having used excessive force throughout the past two years, said Monday they had little faith the new inquiry will result in soldiers being punished." [more]
"Commanders in the American military's most elite Special Operations unit are contending that their troops should be freed from the fruitless hunt in Afghanistan for Osama bin Laden, military and intelligence officials say. " [more]
"If the world's conscience now shows the first signs of acting on behalf of the Palestinians, it is to be hoped that this will mitigate the Palestinians' deep despair. When young Palestinians learn that academics the world over and young people on campuses in Britain, France, Canada, and United States are stirring on their behalf, this will convince them that they are not alone, and, once they are so convinced, they may be persuaded to renounce their acts of desperation. The academic boycott of Israel uses non-violent means -- it leverages moral suasion -- to reduce the violence of the coloniser as well as that of the colonised." [more]
"The common feeling among Iranians is that they are surrounded on all sides, with NATO- allied Turkey to the northwest, US bases in Uzbekistan to the northeast, US forces in Afghanistan, US bases in Pakistan, and the US navy in the Gulf and Indian Ocean. All that remains is for Washington to succeed in toppling Saddam Hussein, install a pro-US regime in Iraq, and the encirclement will be complete." [more]
"'It is impossible to rebuild this site because we need to import sophisticated equipment and material from abroad, and the second essential reason is that we have no intention to carry out nuclear activity,' he said." [more]
"What are we to make of the policy chasm that has apparently opened up between President George W. Bush and his father, former President George H. W. Bush?" [more]
"If colonists and despots call acts carried out in defence of the legitimate right to self-determination "acts of terrorism" when they occur off the battlefield and involve civilians, then it should be remembered that freedom fighters and dissidents are not always capable of facing their enemies on the battlefield or of avoiding the killing of innocent people. Violence is not intended to terrorise the persons attacked but to cause society, or governments, or the world at large, to take notice of grievances suffered, and of the reality of large-scale struggles." [more]
" 'We are really appalled by any country, whether a superpower or a small country, that goes outside the U.N. and attacks independent countries,' Mandela said ... 'No country should be allowed to take the law into their own hands.' " [more]
"It's unlikely that Democrats, not wanting to look soft on terrorism, will buck the White House's war. So, grass-roots groups are starting to organize." [more]
"'U.S. troops? No, I don't think that would be wise at all. We are looking after any foreign elements in Pakistan. We have deployed a part of our army and the frontier force for this purpose and the United States knows what we are doing.'" [more]
"Judge Keith wrote an opinion, handed down last Monday by a three-judge panel in Cincinnati, that clarified and reaffirmed some crucially important democratic principles that have been in danger of being discarded since the terrorist attacks last Sept. 11. The opinion was a reflection of true patriotism, a 21st-century echo of a pair of comments made by John Adams nearly two centuries ago. 'Liberty,' said Adams, 'cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people.' " [more]
"The US administration may resolve its problems with Saddam by overthrowing him. But this will not resolve regional problems, eliminate animosity toward the United States, or end terrorism. Actually, the opposite may be true. Instead of being a major power with a penchant for pressuring -- or blackmailing -- others into a certain course of action, the United States is seeking to become a direct partner in local regimes. This is likely to be more dangerous, for Washington would be blamed for any political mistakes that its puppet regimes may commit." [more]
"Today, Washington's main message to the world seems to be, Take dictation. But truly effective leaders do not work by diktat, even during wars. Previous presidents offered a compelling countervision that inspired the world to their cause. Faced with what seemed to be the breakdown of Western civilization in World War I, Woodrow Wilson declared his plans to build a new world of democracy and open markets in the 'common interest of mankind.' Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, and Ronald Reagan all may have disdained Wilson's excesses of idealism, but they fought World War II and the Cold War along distinctly Wilsonian lines when confronting alternative world views." [more]
"George Bush has moved to distance himself from his vice-president after it was revealed that a sabre-rattling speech on Iraq by Dick Cheney was made without clearing key points with the White House." [more]
"There remains the danger from ruthless, God-driven, suicidal terrorism. But a parallel danger arises from the way the US has chosen to respond, which increasingly rejects the globe and focuses on the nation." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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