CounterPunch DiaryWeekend EditionJuly 30 - August 1, 2010Do Disclosures of Atrocities Change Anything? By ALEXANDER COCKBURN The hope of the brave soldier who sent 92,000 secret U.S. documents to Wikileaks was that their disclosure would prompt public revulsion and increasing political pressure on Obama to seek with all speed a diplomatic conclusion to this war. The documents he sent Wikileaks included overwhelming documentary evidence – accepted by all as genuine, of: * the methodical use of a death squad made up of US Special Forces, known...
Saturday, 31 July 2010
War on terror's other cost: undeserved anger at all Muslims
War on terror's other cost: undeserved anger at all MuslimsA US soldier explains how he keeps anger over Islamist terrorists from becoming prejudice against Muslims in general.By Thomas W. Young / July 30, 2010This September and October, Americans mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the ninth year of war in Afghanistan, respectively. This war has become arguably the longest in our history. Given the jihad-until-doomsday rhetoric of the Islamists, the war on terror will probably stay with us in one form or another for the foreseeable...
Debate Heating Up on Plans for Mosque Near Ground Zero
Debate Heating Up on Plans for Mosque Near Ground ZeroBy MICHAEL BARBAROPublished: July 30, 2010An influential Jewish organization on Friday announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan, intensifying a fierce national debate about the limits of religious freedom and the meaning of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The decision by the group, the Anti-Defamation League, touched off angry reactions from a range of religious groups, which argued that the country would show its tolerance...
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