'I know what it looks like when you brutalise people so much that they've nothing left to lose.'

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Saturday April 17, 2004 02:32 by imc bloggers

2nd part IMC War Blog 15th - 16th April - add relevant material in comments -

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* Irish Anti War Movement call for Fallujah Slaughter Protest on Monday 19th April (6pm) at US Embassy *

Iraq Occupation Updates: 15TH / 16th APRIL
As kidnappings and fighting in Iraq go on and pressure builds around the Shia ‘line in the sand’ at Najaf it becomes clearer and clearer that the mainstream media have no stomach to look closely at what happened at Fallujah or at the increasingly apparent brutality and recklessness of the occupation of Iraq and at the reckless way in which the US and UK have adopted the Sharon approach to the occupation of Palestinian land. Here is a compilation of up to date material on the situation.

Fallujah – I know what it looks like when you brutalise people so much that they've nothing left to lose. - Jo Wilding
"Well George, I know too now. I know what it looks like when you brutalise people so much that they've nothing left to lose. I know what it looks like when an operation is being done without anaesthetic because the hospitals are destroyed or under sniper fire and the city's under siege and aid isn't getting in properly. I know what it sounds like too. I know what it looks like when tracer bullets are passing your head, even though you're in an ambulance. I know what it looks like when a man's chest is no longer inside him and what it smells like and I know what it looks like when his wife and children pour out of his house. It's a crime and it's a disgrace to us all."

‘we will defeat you god willing’: Fallujah a Legend Already – AP
Running Against Bush Good for Votes in South Korea.
A Horrendous Rumour Mill on Baghdad Streets - Dahr Jamail

‘name by strange name’
"In a sense, it's already laid out, name by strange name, military operation by military operation. "Resolve" and "fortitude" are mixed in, but also scifi names like "Operation Planet X." There are operations filled with "scorpions," "sidewinders," and "vipers"; operations filled with "iron" (hammer, justice, grip, promise); with mythical beasts like "bulldog mammoth" and cross-bred creatures like "ivy [could that be as in Ivy League?] serpent"; with the names of American Civil War heroes (Chamberlain, Longstreet); even with the name – "Red Dawn" – of a 1984 John Milius movie in which the Communists invade America, get bogged down in a quagmire war, and are finally destroyed by young American guerrillas. Remind me again, what theater is it we're in when we're in Iraq?" – Tom Dispatch

Lies, Lies and Statistics - USWar Dead - Robert Fisk
Assasination and Blowback – Douglas Valentine
‘Bush and Sharon just Painted Big Red Targets on Us All’ – Juan Cole
‘Get Out Now Before We are Thrown Out’ – John Pilger

‘I couldn't seem to draw myself away from Al-Jazeera’
I know it bothers the CPA terribly to have the corpses of dead Iraqis shown on television. They would love for Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia to follow Al-Hurra's example and show endless interviews with pro-occupation Iraqis living abroad and speaking in stilted Arabic. These interviews, of course, are interspersed with translated documentaries on the many marvels of... Hollywood. And while I, personally, am very interested in the custom leather interiors of the latest Audi, I couldn't seem to draw myself away from Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabia while 700+ Iraqis were being killed. http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com

Bush and Sharon in Love? – News Dissector
US Occupation of Iraq: ‘It Took Real Talent to Fail’ - Chomsky
Showdown coming in Najaf?
Bin Laden ‘Europe’ Tape: Propaganda war?

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