"I don't suppose there'll be any civilians in AmeriKKKa either, and therefore, it will be impossible to label any destructive act committed against the US, either at home or abroad, as "terrorist."" Ah shit I hate hearing this. Is it possible to retroactively re-cast a "terrorist" attack (eg, World Trade Center) into regular old, 'valid' warfare? Bush policies seem to be doing this. Meanwhile, it seems Al Qaeda has offered some kind of bizarre 'treaty" to the Europeans while hardening their stance on the US. SOunds like there getting smarter... -TD

From: Eric Cordian <emc@artifact.psychedelic.net> To: cypherpunks@minder.net Subject: US Brings Freedom of Expression to Iraq Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:02:53 -0700 (PDT)

For extra credit, try to find even one mainstream newspaper in AmeriKKKa's Rah Rah "free" press in which this international wireservice story is printed.

See the Neocons argue that because the story only appears in the Arab press, it can't be true. Hey, it worked with Accused Jewish War Criminal Ariel Sharon's "The Jewish people control AmeriKKKa" remarks.

Somehow, I don't think beating people and bulldozing their houses and businesses every time some writing or image the US chooses to characterize as "anti-Coalition" is spotted, does much to further the US message that we are bringing "democracy" to Iraq, and that those opposed to our behavior "hate our freedoms."

It's too bad an alien power can't just lift all 157,000 US troops and associated military hardware from Iraq, compact it into a cube, and drop it on the White House lawn for Shrub to explain to the AmeriKKKan people.

I once said "there are no civilians in Israel, not even the babies" after the Jewish people re-elected Accused War Criminal and Egregious Human Rights Violator Ariel Sharon in an overwhelming landslide, enthusiastically supporting his defiance of International Law, and deliberate oppression of the Palestinian people.

If the AmeriKKKan people re-elect George W. Bush, who has made a mockery of the UNited Nations, started a war of conquest based on deliberate lies, in violation of International Law, with complete contempt for the wishes of the world community, I don't suppose there'll be any civilians in AmeriKKKa either, and therefore, it will be impossible to label any destructive act committed against the US, either at home or abroad, as "terrorist."

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KUT, Iraq (AFP) - An Iraqi has died of his wounds after US troops beat him with truncheons because he refused to remove a picture of wanted Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr from his car, police said Wednesday.

The motorist was stopped late Tuesday by US troops conducting search operations on a street in the central city of Kut, Lieutenant Mohamad Abdel Abbas told AFP.

After the man refused to remove al-Sadr's picture from his car, the soldiers forced him out of the vehicle and started beating him with truncheons, he said.

US troops also detained from the same area five men wearing black pants and shirts, the usual attire of al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militiamen and followers.

Qassem Hassan, the director of Kut general hospital, identified the man as Salem Hassan, a resident of a Kut suburb.

He said the man had died of wounds sustained in the beating.

-- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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