ho gi� visto circolare questa notizia, ma mi risulta che susan george l'abbia smentita.
Von: "Matthias Reichl" < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: [StopWTORound] Dirty tricks to discredit ATTAC Datum: Freitag, 01. Februar 2002 PLEASE FORWARD Our opponents must be getting scared. They are now putting out blatant lies to try to discredit ATTAC, one of the main organisations in the anti-globalisation movement. Let's make sure this despicable behaviour backfires on them. Please do all you can to let everyone, especially those working in the media, know the depths to which the supporters of globalisation will stoop. Chris Keene The reports with have been circulating about Susan George's alleged approval of the American bombings of Afghanistan are a slanderous fabrication. The article below tells the full story. Please forward this message to any mailing lists on which this slander has circulated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translated from: http://www.lemonde.fr/imprimer_article_ref/0,9187,3224--259739,00.html 'The vice-president of ATTAC at the centre of a controversy about the American intervention in Afghanistan' Le Monde 23 January 2002 Did Susan George, vice-president of ATTAC, state in December that she approved of the American bombings in Afghanistan, and that she had been wrong to condemn them, thanking in passing George W. Bush for his actions? For the past two days, this issue has been spreading like a trail of gunpowder, on Internet mailing lists where debates traditionally occur among activists in the anti-globalisation movement. The founding members of ATTAC, members of trade unions and associations, called for an explanation. And ATTAC's offices, which, Tuesday afternoon, had planned to be busy with the meeting at the Zenith [in Paris] and with the final preparations for Porto Alegre, had to put the issue on their agenda. CATEGORICAL DENIAL It all started with an item published in the latest issue of the weekly magazine _Courrier International_, which quoted excerpts from an article in the Swedish daily newspaper _Svenska Dagbladet_. According to this article, Susan George said, during the programme 'Echot' on the national radio channel P1: 'I was wrong to criticise the bombing of Afghanistan (...) It was worth doing it to get rid of the Taliban. I want to thank George Bush. He showed that it was possible to get to the terrorists and their supplies.' Many copies of this excerpt were circulated, provoking a flood of indignant emails, from across Europe, denouncing 'ATTAC's opportunism'. Interviewed by _Le Monde_, Tuesday afternoon, Ms George flatly denied having made the statements reported by the Swedish newspaper. 'I will never do another interview in Sweden; since G�teborg, the atmosphere there is such that people are systematically trying to tarnish our reputation. This is a malevolent act,' she said. 'Even though I believe that it's a good thing for the world to be rid of the Taliban, I never approved of the bombing campaign, which has had about as many civilian victims as the the attacks on the World Trade Center. Neither, obviously, did I thank George Bush. I simply said, ironically, that one could thank the president of the United States for showing that, when there is a political will, it is possible to crack down on tax havens,' the vice-president of ATTAC stated. Referring to an interview that appeared at about the same time, on 19 December 2001, in _Le Nouvel Observateur_, she added: 'My position on the subject is clearly stated there. I said that we must be non-aligned: neither on the side of the United States, nor on the side of Bin Laden, and that it's useless to add massacres to massacres.' ATTAC stated Tuesday evening that 'it has complete confidence in Susan George and in her position on the intervention in Afghanistan.' The association 'has participated in demonstrations against the war. There can be no ambiguity about its opposition to the strengthening of American hegemony,' said representatives at its headquarters, adding that Ms George would send a message explaining the matter to the Internet mailing list used by its activists. il testo dell'articolo originale: . LE MONDE | 23.01.02 | 13h00 Susan George, vice-pr�sidente d'Attac, a-t-elle, courant d�cembre, approuv� les bombardements am�ricains en Afghanistan et d�clar� s'�tre tromp�e dans sa condamnation initiale, en remerciant au passage George W. Bush pour son action ? Depuis deux jours, l'affaire se r�pand comme une train�e de poudre sur les listes de diffusion Internet o� d�battent traditionnellement les militants du mouvement antimondialisation. Les membres fondateurs d'Attac, syndicalistes, associatifs, ont r�clam� des explications. Et le bureau de l'association qui devait, mardi apr�s-midi, �tre consacr� au bilan de la r�union du Z�nith et aux ultimes pr�paratifs de Porto Alegre a d� mettre ce point � l'ordre du jour. D�MENTI CAT�GORIQUE Tout est parti d'un �cho paru dans le dernier num�ro de l'hebdomadaire Courrier international et reproduisant des extraits d'un article du quotidien su�dois Svenska Dagbladet. Selon cet article, Mme George aurait d�clar� lors de l'�mission "Echot" de la radio nationale P1 : "Je me suis tromp�e quand j'ai critiqu� les bombardements sur l'Afghanistan (...). Cela valait la peine de le faire pour se d�barrasser des talibans. Je tiens � remercier George Bush. Il a montr� qu'il �tait possible d'atteindre les terroristes et leurs ressources." Maintes fois recopi�, cet extrait a provoqu� une d�ferlante de courriers �lectroniques d'indignation, venus d'un peu partout en Europe, d�non�ant "l'opportunisme d'Attac". Interrog�e par Le Monde, mardi apr�s midi, Mme George a d�menti cat�goriquement avoir tenu les propos rapport�s par le quotidien su�dois. "Je ne ferai plus d'interview en Su�de, l'atmosph�re y est telle depuis G�teborg qu'on essaie d�sormais syst�matiquement de nous salir, cela rel�ve de l'acte de malveillance", affirme-t-elle. "Si j'estime que c'est une bonne chose pour le monde d'�tre d�barrass� des talibans, je n'ai jamais ni approuv� la campagne de bombardements qui ont fait � peu pr�s autant de victimes civiles que les attentats au World Trade Center, ni �videmment remerci� George Bush. J'ai simplement dit ironiquement qu'on pouvait remercier le pr�sident des Etats-Unis de nous montrer que lorsque la volont� politique existe on peut s'attaquer aux paradis fiscaux", indique la vice-pr�sidente d'Attac, qui renvoie � un entretien paru, � la m�me �poque, soit le 19 d�cembre 2001, dans le Nouvel Observateur. "Mes positions sur le sujet y sont claires. Je dis qu'il faut �tre non align� : ni les Etats-Unis, ni Ben Laden et qu'il ne sert � rien d'ajouter des massacres aux massacres", ajoute-t-elle. De son c�t�, Attac affirmait mardi soir "apporter sa confiance totale � Susan sur ses positions sur l'intervention en Afghanistan". L'association a "particip� aux manifestations contre la guerre. Il ne saurait y avoir d'ambig�it� sur son opposition au renforcement de l'h�g�monie am�ricaine", indiquait-on au si�ge, en pr�cisant que Mme George enverrait un message d'explication sur la liste Internet destin�e aux militants. Caroline Monnot ----- Original Message ----- From: "glr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ATP F21r" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:34 PM Subject: [noocse-bo] Susan George (Attac) a favore dei bombardamenti sull'Afghanistan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Willi Langthaler" > To: "Assemblea" > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:43 PM > Subject: Susan George (Attac) a favore dei bombardamenti > > > Susan George, vice-president of ATTAC-France, declares on Swedish radio: > > "I was mistaken when I criticized the American bombings of Afghanistan. > (...) This was worth doing in order to get rid of the Taliban... I wish to > thank George Bush. > He has shown that it was possible to reach the terrorists and their > supplies." > > "Svenska Dagbladet", Stockholm, quoted in "Courrier international" > (n� 585, 17-23 janvier 2002). > > Per partecipare: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iscriversi: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cancellarsi: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problemi in lista? 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