Dec 31 2011
France’s shamefully forgotten allies By Robert Fisk, Saturday 31 December 2011 … It took Indigènes to remind the French that they owed their liberation not only to De Gaulle’s largely white Free French troops but also to 134,000 Algerian soldiers, 73,000 Moroccans, 26,000 Tunisians and 92,000 “others” from Sub-Saharan Africa. Indigènes means “natives” but the …
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Dec 27 2011
The Means Determine the End By Harry Emerson Fosdick, Living Under Tension, 1941, Harper and Brothers, New York and London, pages 102 – 111. … EVERYONE knows how commonly our high determinations peter out. We resolve that we will overcome some unfortunate habit, will have a lovelier family life, will deepen our friendships, will do better …
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Dec 23 2011
I am sorry for the role I played in Fallujah By Ross Caputi, Thursday 22 December 2011 05.00 EST … It has been seven years since the end of the second siege of Fallujah – the US assault that left the city in ruins, killed thousands of civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands more; the …
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Dec 23 2011
Britain’s love affair with our military is dangerous By George Chesterton, Friday 23 December 2011 06.00 EST … The only place you could be sure of seeing a British soldier used to be outside a pub in a garrison town at chucking-out time. Now there are soldiers on talent shows, parading in sports stadiums and …
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Dec 23 2011
Page by page, Marwan Barghouti’s anti-war tome walked out of prison By Joseph Dana, December 23 2011 … Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza celebrated the return of their loved ones last Sunday as the final wave of prisoners were released in an exchange between Hamas and Israel. However, one prisoner was notably absent. …
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Dec 22 2011
As the Arabs see the Jews By His Majesty King Abdullah bin Al-Hussein (1882-1951), The American Magazine November, 1947 … I am especially delighted to address an American audience, for the tragic problem of Palestine will never be solved without American understanding, American sympathy, American support. So many billions of words have been written about …
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Dec 18 2011
Merry Christmas (or click here for your choice of alternative winter holidays) to all, from high atop the Fidel Castro observation tower, overlooking the United Nations penal facility for war criminals (formerly known as Guantanamo Bay detention camp)… Note: This is a slight adaptation (for the holidays) of an earlier work titled “Spandau Reborn,” a …
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