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Dear sir,

            I have nothing but praise for the courage you have shown and I hope you will continue to show in revealing the true horror of the UK. and u.s.a. attack on the good people of Iraq, a lot of people cannot truly perceive the carnage that has been caused mainly due to our press being suppressed by our government, it is only when they see the photos you show then and then only does the truth hit home, then the public voice their opposition to such acts of unlawful aggression, if your photos were not seen people would see only the blast of the bomb, the government then tell us it was a smart bomb and that it only flattens buildings, some people believe this, some people wish to believe this to placate their shame, your website is the bastion for free press and i hope and pray that you carry on doing the tremendous work you are doing, this can only help world peace when your photos make people stand up to their governments and say in one voice this is wrong stop it. God bless to all your brave people.

Yours Sincerely,

John Kitson

 

 


 

 

I guess Rumsfeld now has his sights set on Syria (or is it Iran ... or N. Korea ... or the whole damn world?).  I read that this caravan that was shot were actually sheep herders, but I think the official version is that they were driving wealthy cars and were Saddam's henchmen (those guys with WMD).  Perhaps, they were Saddam's henchmen "disguised" as sheep herders and had all of Iraq's WMD with them (which were then all destroyed, conveniently making such now impossible to discover)?  Read the following news article, Syria demands explanation after US fails to return injured border guards. Look at aljazeerah.info, News of June 27, 2003.

Mark Franklin. 

 

 


 

 

Resistance to foreign occupation and International Law

Dear Editor,

Acts of opposition to foreign occupation are justified under international law, just as the Palestinians fighting against the illegal Israeli military occupation of Palestine.

The struggle against illegal occupation by the people of a country using "all necessary means at their disposal" has been supported by several United Nations resolutions that reflect the overwhelming consent of the international community. 

Resolution 2908 (1972) for example, which included this language, was adopted by 99 votes for, to 5 against, and 23 abstentions. 

Perhaps most clearly United Nations' Resolution 2625 (24 October 1970), reflecting principles of customary international law, clearly states that people fighting against an illegal occupation "are entitled to seek and receive support."

Thus, the opposition forces of Iraq and Afghanistan that fight against America's illegal occupation of their countries can justly claim to have not only God on their side, but also international law.

Regards,
Dr. Curtis F.J. Doebbler
3003 Van Ness Street, NW
Washington, D.C. USA 20008

 

 


 

 

The BBC program was also broadcasted on Dutch national television some days ago, revealing the one and only real truth about WMD in the Middle East.

 

The U.S. administration has known ( and probably supported ) this all for decades, starting with J.F. Kennedy.

 

The program shows how immoral and hypocrite the Israeli regime is.

 

The estimated number of nuclear bombs is between 100 and 200, enough for destroying the whole Middle East.

 

Yet the brutal Israeli regime tries to excuse their war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Palestine "out of fear for destruction of Israel".

 

Those who did not see the program yet: Ask the BBC for a copy!

 

Frederik van Leeuwen

The Netherlands.

 

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Israel cuts off ties with BBC

 

By Anat Balint, Haaretz Correspondent

 

Last Update: 29/06/2003 13:30

 

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/312675.html

 

Israel declared over the weekend that it is cutting off ties with the BBC to protest a repeat
broadcast on non-conventional weapons said to be in Israel.

 

The program was broadcast for the first time in March in Britain, and was rerun Saturday
on a BBC channel that is aired all over the world.

 

The boycott decision was made by Israel's public relations forum, made up of representatives from the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry and the Government Press Office.

 

It was decided that government offices won't assist BBC producers and reporters, that Israeli officials will not give interviews to the British network, and that the Government Press Office will make it difficult for BBC employees to get press cards and work visas in Israel.

 

Before the broadcast Saturday, Israeli officials tried to pressure the BBC to cancel the broadcast, saying that the program was biased and presented Israel as an evil dictatorship,
ignoring the existential threat it was facing.

 

The forum members were furious at the trailers to the program, which showed pictures of the
Dimona nuclear reactor and the biological institute in Nes Tziona, with the narrator saying,
"Which country in the Middle East has not declared the nuclear and biological weapons
in its possession?"

 

The trailer also says that there is no external supervision over Israel, "which is holding in custody for 17 years a man who has leaked its secrets."

 

The broadcast deals with Israel's attempts to maintain a policy of ambiguity on its nuclear
weapons, through the Va'anunu affair, the trial of Brigadier General Yitzhak Ya'akov and the
incidents of cancer among the Dimona nuclear reactor workers.

 

Danny Seaman, the head of the Government Press Office, has been saying for some time that the "BBC has a clear anti-Israel policy, bordering on anti-Semitism". Seaman told Army Radio on Sunday that the BBC broadcast was an attempt to tarnish Israel.

 




 

Warm and Loving Palestine

By Roy Reece

June 27, 2003

Palestinians are a warm loving race
You must know they were here in the first place
How can you be so cruel and mean
The worst wrong the world has seen

The children just want to learn and play
The grown just want to work and pray
Please look deep into your heart
Learn to love and make a new start

Stop destroying the beautiful trees
Leave them their homes, oh PLEASE
The world is starting to awake
They are seeing your terrible mistake

Don't let this be your final book of Psalms
That you knit your shroud with hate
And dug your grave with bombs
Wake up Israel before it's to late

              ***

Palestinian eyes have seen such grief
Everything stolen by a greedy thief
How could a people be so wronged
Others living where they belonged

May God bless these galant ones
Give freedom to their daughters and sons
Then there will be sunny bright skies
And well earned smiling Palestinian eyes

The taste of freedom so very sweet
It's felt and cherished with each heartbeat
When this time comes no one denies

                 ***

A Song For Jenin
 
It was a night when angels cried
A time when women and children died
To those who did this horrible crime
You will answer to God sometime
 
To those who died that time in hell
Now angels stand where you fell
To those who lived and pray for you
Your cause lives on with strength anew
 
I am old and near my end
I'll not be there when you win
Know that beautiful Palestinian flag will fly with glee
From the river to the sea

 

 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).
The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

 

 

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