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Survivors of 1996 Qana Massacre Sue Israel Military Chief For War Crimes

Democracy Now :: Tuesday, August 1st, 2006 In April of 1996 the Israeli Defense Force shelled Qana’s U.N. compound, killing 106 civilians who had been seeking refuge inside. The Center … Continue reading

1 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Amazing: Rosemary Church Gives Rare Integrity to CNN

Watch video below (‘Wake Up From Your Slumber’ weblog also has part of the transcript) and at You Tube. After her righteous indignation and clearly not swallowing the Israeli spokeswoman’s … Continue reading

1 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Robert Fisk: A NATO-led force would be in Israel’s interests, but not Lebanon’s

The Independent 1 August 2006 Every foreign army – including the Israelis – comes to grief in Lebanon. So, how come George Bush and Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara – … Continue reading

1 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Not in My Name By Nour Odeh

The Electronic Intifada, 30 July 2006 A demonstrator leaves a placard in a Lebanese army post outside the UN house, 30 July 2006. (Christian Henderson/(IRIN) Words are cheap when used … Continue reading

1 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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