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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (119907)11/18/2003 3:13:36 PM
From: Jacob Snyder  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
The Israelization of America:

In a tactic reminiscent of Israeli crackdowns in the West Bank and Gaza, the U.S. military has begun destroying the homes of suspected guerrilla fighters in Iraq's Sunni Triangle, evacuating women and children, then leveling their houses with heavy weaponry.
commondreams.org

Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, launched a stinging attack on President George Bush last night, denouncing him as the "greatest threat to life on this planet that we've most probably ever seen". commondreams.org

El Salvadoran death squad member tells an American reporter, "We learnt from you. We learnt from you the methods, like blowtorches in the armpits, shots in the balls." Their victims died unspeakable deaths, and those who lived carry the weight of remembrance, like Ana Chavez Fisher whose husband was killed in El Salvador. And like Hector Aristizabal whose brother was tortured and killed in Colombia. And like Sr. Dianna Ortiz who survived torture in Guatemala...
For them, the existence of the school at Ft. Benning, GA is indefensible. commondreams.org