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no_to_war_economy Donating Member (962 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:21 AM
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US troops are being terrorized by the Iraqi insurgents
when an occupying power is attacked? how is that terrorism??

when Palestinians resist occupation and kill Israeli soldiers, how is that terrorism?

! ignore the weeks of shelling by the Israeli army of Gaza

! ignore the deaths of more than 30 civilians, and dozens of horrific injuries, in the past few weeks at the hands of the Israeli military

! ignore the blockade of Gaza's "borders" by the Israeli army for months on end

! ignore Israel's bullying of the international community to connive in the starving of the Hamas-led government of funds and diplomatic room for manoeuvre, thereby preventing the elected Palestinian leadership from running Gaza

! ignore the violation of Palestinian territory by Israeli commandos who infiltrated Gaza a day before the Palestinian attack to kidnap two Palestinians Israel claims are terrorists. They have been "disappeared", doubtless to be be held in administrative detention, where they can denied access to lawyers, the courts and, of course, justice.

Was the Israeli army's incursion into Gaza a day earlier to capture two alleged Palestinian militants not an equal escalation? Was it not an equal violation of Palestinian sovereignty? Of course not. The BBC knows, as do the rest of us, that the army never really left Gaza and the occupation never really ended. But you won't hear that from any of its reporters.

educate yourself


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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 08:49 AM
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1. This thread is sure to get moved. But, here's a question.
Edited on Tue Jun-27-06 08:49 AM by genie_weenie
Please explain how land ownership is determined.

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MrPrax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 10:02 AM
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6. Funny...
and you had to edit it?
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 09:00 AM
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2. Kind of a false pretense post
But it is terrorism to kill civilians. Regardless of which side does it.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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noneofmybusiness Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 10:00 AM
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3. It's becuase they dont have uniforms
Or, more accurately they dont have US army uniforms.

Terrorism is what the brown people do. When we kill it's not called that. You're making the mistake of trying to apply some kind of logical or fair standards to peoples actions.

Personally, I think if you attack soldiers who are occupying your land and killing your friends and family then you are not a terrorist you're a hero.

To bryant69,
Israeli settlers are not civilians they are occupying someone elses country and building fortresses.
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genie_weenie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-27-06 12:37 PM
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4. Please see post #1. And answer...
Nice slander of US troops. But, hey it was only when Bush got into office that Warfare devolved from Chivalrous personal duels...
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-28-06 08:41 AM
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5. what doctrinaire piffle
Particularly the crap about a settler not being a civilian. What if the settler is a two year old? Still not a civilian?
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