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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

News bytes

- Stanley Kubrick's The Shining refigured.

- American magazine Mother Jones investigates Boeing and wonders whether its planes are unsafe.

- The pro-Zionist lobby works its magic at the Sydney Morning Herald.

- Noam Chomsky is the world's greatest intellectual. Sounds about right.

- Scotland's Sunday Herald issues a scorching editorial:

"If and when the so-called war on terror ever ends, our grandchildren or our great-grandchildren may well look back in disbelief and wonder how it could have been that, at the turn of the 21st century, the two nations that waged a global conflict under the banner of democracy could have so blatantly flouted that principle.

"The 'extraordinary renditions' programme, which breaches every law on international human rights, sees the United States target suspected terrorists anywhere in the world, kidnap them, drug them, cuff and blindfold them, bundle them on to a secret CIA jet and whisk them off to a 'friendly' nation such as Egypt, Uzbekistan or Morocco, where 'friendly' secret policemen can torture, rape and murder them.

"The UK colludes happily with this. We allow the CIA’s fleet of jets to come in and out of UK airports to refuel and get other logistical support while they ferry their captive human cargo around the world. Scotland has the proud distinction of being the most popular stop-off point for CIA flights on the gulag-and-torture-chamber-express."

6 Comments:

Blogger Human said...

That Alan Dershowitz, "some symbolic recognition of the rights of Palestinian". What a card.
Here in the U.S. he has also advocated torture. What moral authority.
Peace. Your fellow Human

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:47:00 pm  
Blogger Antony Loewenstein said...

Far from it, just know the likely reasons behind it. As transparent as possible and when was the last time a prominent Arab or Palestinan was given similar space. Exactly...

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 1:47:00 pm  
Blogger Antony Loewenstein said...

I actually know how it works in there.

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:01:00 pm  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

Over time, the SMH has decided that both sides are not right, and that the Israeli side seems to be clearer, more concise, and truer than the Palestinian side.

Dahlmer had a point of view, but no paper gave him as much press as they gave the police and the Judge. Rightfully so.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 12:16:00 am  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

David Goodhart, the editor of Prospect, describes the exercise as a “bit of intellectual fun, a parlour game. It’s not meant to be entirely serious.

So, like Noam, it was a joke. Good one. I heard he couldn't be bought. Persanally I believe that was a typo, he can't be brought. Hygene or something is what I heard.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 5:01:00 am  
Blogger Ibrahamav said...

He has merely inspired fools to greater depths of antisemitism.

He is significant, a significant source of material for neo-nazis, white supremists, holocaust deniers and others of that ilk.

Wednesday, October 19, 2005 2:19:00 pm  

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