Jan 25 2012
We’ve been here before – and it suits Israel that we never forget ‘Nuclear Iran’ By Robert Fisk, Wednesday 25 January 2012 … Turning round a story is one of the most difficult tasks in journalism – and rarely more so than in the case of Iran. Iran, the dark revolutionary Islamist menace. Shia Iran, …
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Jan 22 2012
The World War on Democracy By John Pilger, January 20, 2012 … Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on democracy. I first glimpsed her in a 1950s …
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Jan 16 2012
Marines Urinating on Corpses—What the Video Doesn’t Show By Annie Keeghan, January 13, 2012 1:11PM … I was getting ready to post another blog, one more lighthearted than the last that received so much attention and inspired some great dialogue (thank you!). But then I heard on the news that marines were videotaped urinating on …
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Jan 15 2012
We’re all guilty of dehumanizing the enemy By Sebastian Junger, January 13 … The video that emerged in recent days appearing to show four U.S. Marines urinating on several dead Taliban fighters has outraged many people in this country. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta have condemned the act, the …
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Jan 15 2012
Where Exactly Is Biblical Israel? By Rachel Havrelock, 1/14/12 05:07 PM ET … The phrase “Biblical Israel” often passes on the lips of Republican presidential contenders, representatives of the Netanyahu government, and Israeli settlers. But where exactly is this Israel of the Bible to be found? Not in the Bible itself. The Hebrew Bible (known …
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Jan 14 2012
The marines urination video doesn’t show the real war crime By Ross Caputi, Friday 13 January 2012 13.47 EST … The video of US marines urinating on Afghan corpses does not shock me. Though their behavior is disgusting and unacceptable, I find the public’s reaction to this video far more troubling. People are not outraged …
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Jan 14 2012
For the families of Haditha, this is a matter of honour By Nick Broomfield, Friday 13 January 2012 16.30 EST … It was more than six years ago, but the massacre that took place at Haditha, western Iraq, in November 2005, still resonates in the Middle East. The now notorious war crime, which left 24 …
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