US WAS CHEERLEADER FOR MASSACREWIKILEAKS CABLES ON ISRAEL'S GAZA ONSLAUGHTBy KATHLEEN CHRISTISONJanuary 19, 2011CounterPunch has accessed Wikileaks’ file of cables on Israel’s Gaza assault two years ago (Operation Cast Lead, December 27, 2008 through January 18, 2009). Though the cables often simply rehash Israeli press reporting, providing little new insight into Israel’s attack or the planning behind it, they show with pitiless clarity the U.S. government to be little more than a handmaiden and amanuensis of the Israeli military machine.The...
Friday, 21 January 2011
THE FALL OF THE WEST'S LITTLE DICTATOR
"A WATERSHED MOMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE ARAB WORLD"THE FALL OF THE WEST'S LITTLE DICTATORBy ESAM AL-AMINJanuary 19, 2011 When people choose life (with freedom)Destiny will respond and take actionDarkness will surely fade awayAnd the chains will certainly be brokenTunisian poet Abul Qasim Al-Shabbi (1909-1934)On New Year's Eve 1977, former President Jimmy Carter was toasting Shah Reza Pahlavi in Tehran, calling the Western-backed monarchy "an island of stability" in the Middle East. But for the next 13 months, Iran was anything but stable. The...
A BURNING DESIRE FOR FREEDOM
A BURNING DESIRE FOR FREEDOMTONIGHT WE ARE ALL TUNISIANSBy YVONNE RIDLEY January 14, 2011Over the last few days we have seen some of the bravest people facing down some of the worst.Armed with nothing more than a revolutionary heart and hopes of a better future they gathered and protested as government forces aimed their weapons and fired live rounds in to the crowds.But the ammunition and the underlying threats of arrest and torture meant absolutely nothing to the masses – for they had simply lost their fear.It was the final testament to the brutality...
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