Posting an email I received, re: Fallujah

[CanuckAmok]

Dear friends.

It is with a very heavy heart that I pass along this link.


On the anniversary of the massacre at Fallujah, a documentary has
emerged revealing the scope of the tragedy. It reveals that the US
employed chemical weapons to decimate the people of Fallujah... armed
and civilian alike... adults, children, men and women. White
Phosphorus (banned by the geneva conventions that forbid the use of
weapons that burn by chemical reaction) was employed NOT to
illuminate strategic targets, but rather to indiscriminately and
literally melt the flesh of its victims.

This is a war crime, and a crime against humanity perpetrated,
hypocritically and ironically, in an exercise that was undertaken in
the name of deposing a dictator who was so "evil" he posed a threat
to deploy chemical weapons.

To my dismay, there is nothing about this story - even the mention of
the documentary, which on its face should be newsworthy - on the CBC
website today. I can only hope that the CBC eventually treats this
story with the seriousness and the urgency it deserves.

I am passing this along to raise awareness of the strategies that the
US government (the same administration that is fighting with its own
Senate to claim the right to torture prisoners in places like
Guantanamo Bay - where only 9 of 500 + detainees have ever even been
charged with any crime) continues to employ in its quest for
dominance in the Middle East.

This is not the world we want. Canadians: I implore you to get this
message out there so that we can continue to define our role in the
world as it becomes clear that we can no longer stand side by side
with our largest trading partner... that we must choose our alliances
and our priorities according to the kind of world we want to create/
participate in as Canadians.

To my American friends... I needn't tell you why I am sending this.
YOu are already some of the most informed and active people I know.
Perhaps this is just an easy piece of email to forward to people you
know who might be surprised to learn of these terrible truths.

WARNING: the documentary shows some horrific pictures. I encourage
you to look at them though. We are sheltered here in North America...
and perhaps he should at least catch a glimpse of the world we are
inflicting on others.

With love, sadness, and vigilance,
kevin

[Hissyspit]

1. The "success" of Fallujah. n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I read the transcript from DemocracyNow! on the bus home...

I wanted to cry. Surrounded by biz suits and students, everyone quetly absorbed in their own thoughts.

Did they know?

All I could see was that Nick Ut photo of the burned girl running down the road, screaming.

I left the article on the seat when I got off, came home, and cried.

on edit. Kicked and Nominated. Everyone on my list gets this one.