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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (5534)8/20/2003 6:47:41 PM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793669
 
Welcome aboard, Mq! Here is a comment from a blogger that brings up an interesting point about the UN bombing.

EAST TIMOR? NEVER HEARD OF IT

Given Sergio de Mello's successful involvement in the liberation of East Timor, this might be right on the money:

The cement mixer was driven into the side of the converted three-storey hotel on which Mr de Mello's office was located, prompting the US administrator for Iraq, Paul Bremer, to speculate that Mr de Mello had been deliberately targeted.

The idea of East Timor as a root cause has never really caught on, despite Osama bin Laden including it way up high in his list of grievances against the imperialist West. The likes of Pilger and Chomsky deflect or deny any link between Islamic terror and East Timor. Well, they would, wouldn't they? As Andrew Hagen writes:

I believe Dr. Chomsky has dug himself a hole.
timblair.spleenville.com
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