It's amazing to read about how Iraq (post-Saddam Iraq) is now paying out retributions for its military aggression under Saddam. Sorry, it's amazing that a large amount of these reparations are being payed to Corporations, for "lost profits" or "decline in business".
This is the kind of exploitation going on around the world and under our noses.
Jubilee Iraq is an organisation that seeks to prevent the payment of massive debts by Iraq against foreign nations by invoking debt forgiveness from the creditor nations.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
It's been a barren time in this space for the past few weeks. School, disillusionment and laziness have all combined to postpone my postings and linkings for a while now.
It's really something to read about what happened in a downtown university here , with a miscreant putting up hate-filled postings around campus, with racist messages and death threats against both Jews and Muslims. Apparently this guy is trying to provoke some big fight or conflict between those groups and it's good that he was caught. Why would he do something like this? Out of pure spite or malice maybe, but it seems like maybe there's something more. This is ignorance of the extreme degree and I'm glad he got caught.
In other worldly news, fighting rages on in Iraq, especially in Fallujah this past week where US forces are mounting a heavy campaign to crush local resistance and regain control of the city. Fallujah was where the bodies of 4 American military 'contractors' were mutilated this April and led to heavy fighting and then a virtual siege by US Marines and Iraqi government troops until eventually ceding the city to local resistance forces.
Also British forces are being asked to be sent near troubled areas to assist the US military in holding control. There are lots of oppostition to this move as it suggests that the Americans, to use a cliche,having bitten off more than they can chew,now need outside assistance to reach their own goals of winning their blatant and unjust war on the Iraqis.
There's lots of other news/ injustice happening around us but that's it for right now.
It's really something to read about what happened in a downtown university here , with a miscreant putting up hate-filled postings around campus, with racist messages and death threats against both Jews and Muslims. Apparently this guy is trying to provoke some big fight or conflict between those groups and it's good that he was caught. Why would he do something like this? Out of pure spite or malice maybe, but it seems like maybe there's something more. This is ignorance of the extreme degree and I'm glad he got caught.
In other worldly news, fighting rages on in Iraq, especially in Fallujah this past week where US forces are mounting a heavy campaign to crush local resistance and regain control of the city. Fallujah was where the bodies of 4 American military 'contractors' were mutilated this April and led to heavy fighting and then a virtual siege by US Marines and Iraqi government troops until eventually ceding the city to local resistance forces.
Also British forces are being asked to be sent near troubled areas to assist the US military in holding control. There are lots of oppostition to this move as it suggests that the Americans, to use a cliche,having bitten off more than they can chew,now need outside assistance to reach their own goals of winning their blatant and unjust war on the Iraqis.
There's lots of other news/ injustice happening around us but that's it for right now.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
The US presidential election is coming up soon, November 5, and there are frantic efforts to get Democratic candidate,J.Kerry elected so that finally we can all be rid of GWBush, his corporate- (see Dick Cheney and Halliburton) administration and including those sinister neo-conservatives.
It's a good idea, for a lot of people, the get-Bush-out-at-all costs, the Kerry is so great mentality in spite of the fact there's little difference between his views and that of GWBush on America's foreign policies (which were the main reason people Bush hate Bush so much). I believe that people need to be careful, that they don't place so much hope and trust on Kerry and his policies. There are some good points made here about whether there would be any real changes to US foreign policy with Kerry on williambowles.info.
From the same author, this is another article on his own site which seems quite interesting with frequent articles on world injustice and politics. This article talks about the injustice that happens everywhere yet there are only a few that the US and western world intervene in. The thing is, are their intentions really magnaminous or is there a deeper and darker purpose? Read it and see. Power, greed and deceit all cut deep and everytime, it's the poor and disadvantaged (3rd world) who suffer the worst.
From Russian media sevice Pravda, a good summary of the history of the conflict and turmoil in the Middle East and Iran and Iraq. We often wonder why there's so much violence in that area, and consequently we develop a great sense of wonder, shock and derision towards those Arabs/muslims who're always fighting and making trouble, especially in Palestine. Yet do we know of the roles that the western countries have played in starting and stirring those conflicts and hatreds? Do we know of the oppressions and manipulation that have been carried out on those nations and people by the western world?
It's a good idea, for a lot of people, the get-Bush-out-at-all costs, the Kerry is so great mentality in spite of the fact there's little difference between his views and that of GWBush on America's foreign policies (which were the main reason people Bush hate Bush so much). I believe that people need to be careful, that they don't place so much hope and trust on Kerry and his policies. There are some good points made here about whether there would be any real changes to US foreign policy with Kerry on williambowles.info.
From the same author, this is another article on his own site which seems quite interesting with frequent articles on world injustice and politics. This article talks about the injustice that happens everywhere yet there are only a few that the US and western world intervene in. The thing is, are their intentions really magnaminous or is there a deeper and darker purpose? Read it and see. Power, greed and deceit all cut deep and everytime, it's the poor and disadvantaged (3rd world) who suffer the worst.
From Russian media sevice Pravda, a good summary of the history of the conflict and turmoil in the Middle East and Iran and Iraq. We often wonder why there's so much violence in that area, and consequently we develop a great sense of wonder, shock and derision towards those Arabs/muslims who're always fighting and making trouble, especially in Palestine. Yet do we know of the roles that the western countries have played in starting and stirring those conflicts and hatreds? Do we know of the oppressions and manipulation that have been carried out on those nations and people by the western world?
Monday, October 04, 2004
An article from the International Herald Tribune on the conflict situation in Iraq, which describes how numerous the attacks against the US have become.
A touching mosaic of faces of all US servicemen who gave up their lives so far in Iraq, forming the face of GWBush.
This South African article was written after the week of 911, and it really rings true, the contents in it, of how alliances were formed without any clear ideas who the real enemies were.
A touching mosaic of faces of all US servicemen who gave up their lives so far in Iraq, forming the face of GWBush.
This South African article was written after the week of 911, and it really rings true, the contents in it, of how alliances were formed without any clear ideas who the real enemies were.
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