For the millions of people
For the millions of people in this country who do not know that it was Britain which drew the borders of Iraq and has never ceased playing a significant role there, the book could be an eye-opener.Jonathan Steele surveys the build-up of books on Iraq in yesterday's Guardian.
At least it would strip away the moral indignation which distorts the current debate. Britain and the US have not only acted to thwart democracy throughout most of Iraq's short history as a modern state. They have consistently turned a blind eye to or encouraged crime and terrorism, most recently in 1994 and 1995 when Abu Amneh, a terrorist on the Central Intelligence Agency payroll, took part in a bombing campaign which aimed at destabilising the regime and killed more than a hundred people sitting innocently in a Baghdad cafe, a cinema and a mosque.
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RandomWalkers,
Can we talk about this?
protesters dressing like rumsfeld wearing the yellow star of david
Notice, I didn't say anything mean about anyone. I didn't come on with antagonism.
I'm just wondering, in lieu of the recent dialogue about protest and the message it is meant to convey, what does the above mean?
Posted by: badonkadonk with flowers and candy | January 27, 2003 2:09 PM
i've no idea what rumsfeld wearing the yellow star means. what's your guess?
Posted by: g-lo | January 27, 2003 2:42 PM