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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Land Shark who wrote (382795)	3/31/2003 12:56:02 PM
From: Techplayer	Respond to of 769670

That's a lie. eom

To: Land Shark who wrote (382795)	3/31/2003 12:56:25 PM
From: Techplayer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

friend of yours? Columbia Prof Calls for Deaths of American Troops Friday, March 28, 2003 An academic furor was brewing Friday over a Columbia University professor who told thousands of students and faculty that he would like to see the United States defeated in Iraq and suffer "a million Mogadishus" -- referring to the 1993 ambush in Somalia that killed 18 Americans. The professor, Nicholas De Genova, told a "teach-in" on Wednesday that "the only true heroes are those who find ways that help defeat the U.S. military." De Genova also asserted Americans who call themselves "patriots" are white supremacists. De Genova's hopes for the defeat of the United States were cheered by the crowd of 3,000, according to newspaper reports. But his mention of the Somali ambush -- "I personally would like to see a million Mogadishus" -- was largely met with silence. A call Friday to De Genova, 35, was answered with a recording that said his voice mailbox was full. Columbia University on Friday issued a statement that distanced the school from his comments but did not condemn them. "Assistant Professor Nicholas De Genova was speaking as an individual at a teach-in. He was exercising his right to free speech. His statement does not in any way represent the views of Columbia University." History professor Eric Foner, who helped organize the teach-in and spoke after De Genova, said Friday: "I disagreed strongly and I said so. If I had known what he was going to say I would have been reluctant to have him speak." Foner said De Genova was a last-minute invitee, was just one of about 25 speakers and "did not represent the general tone of the event, which was highly educational." "I thought that was completely uncalled for," Foner was quoted as saying, referring to De Genova's allusion to the Mogadishu ambush and firefight, known for the graphic image of a slain American soldier being dragged through the streets. "We do not desire the deaths of American soldiers." De Genova’s particular expertise on the subject of the war in Iraq is not clear. His dissertation, entitled "Working the Boundaries, Making the Difference: Race and Space in Mexican Chicago," explores "socio-cultural processes "implicated in the mutually constitutive productions of racialized difference and urban space in the experiences of Mexican migrant factory workers in Chicago," according to a Stanford University Web site. "De Genova’s research posits a Mexican Chicago as a standpoint of critique from which to interrogate the U.S. nation-state, political economy, racialized citizenship, and immigration law," said the site.

To: Land Shark who wrote (382795)	3/31/2003 12:58:50 PM
From: Techplayer	Respond to of 769670

Last Update: Tuesday, April 1, 2003. 3:22am (AEST) Water flows at last in Umm Qasr British troops have opened the taps on a hastily-built water pipeline across the Kuwait-Iraq border, finally quenching a desperate thirst in the southern port city of Umm Qasr. The civilian population of southern Iraq has been suffering from a critical shortage of water since US and British ground troops launched a land invasion 12 days ago to try and overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Standing on the roadside day after day, Iraqis have resorted to digging up dirty water from wells or begging soldiers for water, cupping their hands to their mouths as convoys pass to show they are thirsty. Ad hoc distribution of bottles of mineral water from the back of military trucks has led to near riots and has drawn criticism from aid organisations who say the most needy are losing out. The pipeline from a water facility in central Kuwait has been installed by British forces and with the capacity to bring at least half a million litres of water across the border each day. "We are giving people free water, with the first priority being hospitals and schools," Captain John Thompson of the British Army's civil affairs group said, now based in Umm Qasr. "We're taking it to every part of town and we're doing spot checks to make sure even the weakest get it." British forces say water supplies, which used to come south from Iraq's second city of Basra, were cut off under the orders of Saddam when the invasion began. Iraqis say the water infrastructure was damaged by US and British forces in the thunderous ground assault. "We've been drinking foul water from the ground," Kathim Hussein said. "It's disgusting, not even animals would drink it." In Umm Qasr, water is now being ferried around town by tanker drivers paid a salary by British forces. Local people have complained the drivers have been charging them for the supplies, a problem which Captain Thompson said had already been "quickly sorted". But anxiety is still high. Children pushing wheelbarrows carrying empty jerry cans ran along the dusty, unpaved streets behind the tankers on Monday, desperate to be first in line. The distributions for now will be restricted to Umm Qasr and the surrounding area. Further up the road towards Basra, which has been virtually under siege for more than a week, the desperation is palpable. "Mister, please give me water, I need water," one man begged a British soldier as he passed through a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city. Others gestured towards their children crammed in the back of battered trucks and cars, pleading with their hands. "It's the same with everyone," 2nd Lieutenant Alex Durdin-Robertson of the Irish Guards said. "There's a problem with clean water in the city, but we can't help them all." Print Email