News that some of the alleged 9/11 masterminds will be tried in a New York city civilian court is welcome news but Andy Worthington, a Brit who has written about many of the Guantanamo Bay captives, issues caution on Democracy Now!: Well, I think—you know, I think it’s very appropriate that it does take place…
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The war in Afghanistan will cause hatred against us
Like in so many other conflicts around the world, the general public is usually far savvier than the political and media elite. The population largely don’t want war; sadly, our system is largely set up to encourage and defend foreign, military adventures. After all, who is getting killed in these wars (apart from civilians)? Us,…
How to kill all those Arab terrorists in one, painless attack
Aluf Benn in Haaretz needs to know whether America loves Israel for its brutal methods of managing “terrorism”. Please Washington, he seems to be saying, please love us. They already do, nearly to breaking point: It would be interesting to know if Obama, who is due to decide on the future of the war in…
Terrorism is defined by the West Bank project
Just how many Jewist terrorists exist in Israel? As importantly, almost daily abuse of Palestinians in the West Bank by Jewish settlers is both ignored and defended by the Jewish state: A senior Shin Bet official said Jewish terrorists that have not been caught are still at large and may be planning future attacks, Israel…
Poverty defines high-tech Israel
Israel is not just a state that indulges Jewish terrorists (see here, here and here), it’s also woefully inadequate managing its own population, despite receiving billions of dollars of aid every year: One in every four Israelis lived below the poverty line in 2008, a National Insurance Institute report revealed on Monday. The report showed…
Indonesia moves a little towards America, for now
Following my recent visit to Aceh in Indonesia, this piece in today’s Washington Post is particularly interesting (though highlights the seeming inability of the American corporate media to see the world in anything other than what benefits the US): In many ways, Indonesia — a nation of 240 million people scattered across 17,000 islands —…
Sri Lanka learns how to behave from its Zionist master
Which country does this remind us of? The Sri Lankan government today angrily rejected a US state department report containing allegations of human rights abuses in the final days of the country’s civil war, saying the document would fan further conflict. According to accounts said by a senior US state department official to be “credible…
Obama either takes Palestinian justice seriously (or not)
Australians for Palestine public advocate Michael Shaik publishes the following in the Australian: Nine months since the end of the offensive, Gazans continue to live in plastic tents alongside the ruins off their homes because Israel refuses to allow building materials into Gaza. … The Israeli government reasons that, by inflicting such punishment on Gaza’s…
Israeli isolation causes the state to act with typical arrogance
We learn that Israel is determined to change the boundaries of international law to essentially allow states to bomb civilians if they’re “terrorists”: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his government on Tuesday to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza. The…
Australian commentator loves terrorism trials to prove his point
Sydney Morning Herald’s Gerard Henderson loves tough terrorism laws. He feels protected from terrorists. Governments would never exaggerate that threat. God, no. Their primary aim is to protect citizens from harm. They believe in the rule of law (except, of course, if America breaks that law and then Australia clearly has no choice but to…