Seumas Milne writes in the Guardian that the West should just politely bugger off from the Arab world and realise its influence is waning. Fat chance: The “responsibility to protect” invoked by those demanding intervention in Libya is applied so selectively that the word hypocrisy doesn’t do it justice. And the idea that states which…
Woman from Gaza confronts Zionist enforcer of status quo
For those of us in the pro-Palestinian and pro-justice community who recognise and call Israeli crimes for what they are, we must acknowledge we have a long way to go in the US: Americans’ views toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict held fairly steady over the past year, with a near record-high 63% continuing to say their…
Hypocrisy trumps policy in Western alliance with Libya
My following article appears today on ABC’s The Drum: The latest BBC interview with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, situated in a fancy restaurant on the Mediterranean, was painful to watch. Clearly delusional and blaming drug-addled youth and al-Qaeda for the ongoing revolution in his country (which he claimed he didn’t lead, the “masses” were in…
Of course Sri Lanka should pay a price for murdering countless Tamils
These are encouraging noises from Washington but one can’t help but wonder if it’s because China has essentially bought off Colombo and locked out the US. Payback time? Sri Lanka could be hauled before a war crimes tribunal over the killing of ‘many thousands of civilians’ in the final months of its separatist war with…
Abusing David Hicks is seemingly acceptable on our ABC
Here’s a shameful interview yesterday on ABC Melbourne radio with former Guantanamo Bay captive David Hicks. For the record, Hicks may have pleaded guilty to terrorism charges but he did so to simply get out of the US gulag: David Hicks: I don’t think you’ve read my book, that’s correct? Jon Faine: No, I’ve not…
Washington aims to crush and maybe kill Bradley Manning
With these latest outrageous charges, is Wikileaks also seen as an official “enemy” and therefore could Julian Assange potentially face the death penalty if the US ever got hold of him? Following an intensive seven-month investigation, the Army on Wednesday filed 22 additional charges against Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of illegally downloading tens of thousands…
The US wants “stability” aka organised torture in the Arab world
Rep. Ron Paul grills Hillary Clinton a few days ago on US Middle East meddling:
Tariq Ali: who is denying democracy to Arab world?
In many countries, the Western powers that back military dictatorships in places such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Algeria, Yemen and Libya:
Don’t let Facebook infect Afghanistan!
So says this clearly scared Muslim leader: Burhanuddin Rabani, a leading Islamic cleric who also leads President Hamid Karzai’s peace council — formed to make peace with the Taliban — have warned Afghanistan’s conservative religious community against increasing influence of Afghanistan’s new generation that he described as “facebook kids”. No doubt if the Ulema (Islamic…
