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Ivo Skoric
ivo at reporters.net
Sun Jan 4 18:42:01 CET 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/03/international/middleeast/03IRAQ.html
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>>A controversy erupted later when American troops opened fire on
what General Kimmitt described as insurgents "wearing black jackets
with `Press' clearly written in English." The general said the men
had arrived in two Mercedes cars, one black, the other dark blue.
"The enemy personnel fired upon U.S. forces with small arms and
rocket-propelled grenades," he said. "One of the Mercedes was tracked
to a nearby house," he said, adding that four people had been
captured.
It was not clear how the general's description fit with an account by
the Reuters news agency that said four Iraqi members of its staff
traveling in a black Mercedes had been fired on by the Americans and
arrested when they arrived at the scene to cover the downing.
Some other reporters who were present said American troops guarding
the wreckage had opened fire without warning on the Reuters staff
members, possibly after the troops had taken fire from insurgents
using the reporters for cover.<<
That's brilliant, so the US deliberately shot at journalists, which
were clearly marked as PRESS - because they mistakenly believed that
those journalists are shooting at them. Do GI-s get tested for their
eye-sight?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/03/national/03TERR.html?th
The best is to cancel all flights to and from the US. This is the
safest way to prevent terrorists to come over, or for suspects to
leave the country. Besides who would want to travel over with all
this hassle (strip searches, fingerprinting, etc.)?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/04/education/04TOLE.html?th
This is highly disturbing, and makes me thinking very seriously of
home-schooling. 12 year olds are hand-cuffed for violating dress
code?! 8 year olds are brought to court for disruptive behavior in
the classroom?! The most free young minds of the land of the free end
up incarcerated. That's why the US is rapidly moving to become a Land
of Spayed, Home of the Neutered. Did the school officials in the US
completely lose their common sense? Zero tolerance ordinances need to
be abolished in the name of humanity. Are those ordinances complying
with the international norms (UNICEF) for well being of children that
US Congress ratified? Should the US be put on the list of countries
that allow mistreatment of children?
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/03/international/middleeast/03DIPL.html
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While Democrats are spending all of their campaign money on killing
each other in the primaries, Republicans are patiently waiting even
to start their campaign, relying only on the government sponsored
campaign spectacles (like Bush landing a fighter plane on the
aircraft carrier, or bringing a plastic turkey to Baghdad for
Thanksgivings eve, or trapping Saddam like "a rat in a hole"...).
Now, the tragic earthquake in Iran presented itself just as another
glorious opportunity for GOP to show off American benevolence,
compassion, and generosity, with no cost to them. So, Eliazbeth Dole
was supposed to head the high level US mission to Iran to oversee the
distribution of aid, in fact to do a photo-op for Bush campaign. But
Iran said: no, thank you. Besides, it must be hard to guarantee
safety to high level Americans in Muslim countries today.
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