Before reading this article you should be aware that the person writing it is a
female British Journalist who was captured by the Taliban a few years ago.
Before being released she was encouraged by the Taliban to study the Qur'an.
She did and now today she is a Muslim and has publicly praised the good
treatment she received from the Taliban compared to the horrible treatment that
innocent Muslims received from the "freedom loving West" at Abu Ghraib,
Guantanamo and other places. I am sure that if all the demonizing reports about
the Taliban were true that this former captive of theirs would want to have
nothing to do with them or their religion. Feel free to Google Yvonne Ridley to
read more about her story.
Anarchy In The UK
(and the birth of SGS - STOP GAZA SLAUGHTER)
By Yvonne Ridley
December 28, 2008 "Information Clearinghouse"-- THE
murderous military campaign which has been unleashed by Israel has
provoked people across the world to demonstrate, rally and protest in
their hundreds of thousands..
Soon the
movement will turn into millions as more ordinary, decent citizens of
the world show their disgust at the barbarism of Israel ... and the
cowardly silence of our own leaders.
This is no longer a political issue, or a Middle East issue. It is a
case of what is right and what is wrong, and what is decent and what is
inhumane.
And ordinary people are now taking the initiative because they can no
longer rely on their political leaders to show any of the human
qualities demanded of them including strength, integrity or compassion.
British people, normally reserved and controlled, brought anarchy to
the streets of upscale Kensington yesterday as they stormed barracades
and pushed past police to head towards the Israeli Embassy in London.
There was more anarchy in Scotland as our friends over the Border
vented their spleen over the war crimes and massacre carried out by
Israel.
And unless British Prime Minister Gordon Brown gets some lead in his pencil,
the anarchy will continue.
I am normally a law-abiding citizen, but the anger and shame I felt
drove me to join those who tore down the barriers on Saturday.
Gordon Brown is the very man who lectured us about what it is to be
British. Well let me turn the tables on this pathetic, self-serving man
who does not deserve to lead our country.
Being British is about fair play, justice and humanity ... standing up
for the underdog in the face of bullies.
Brown, like other leaders around the world, simply looked the other way
as the Israeli military jackbooted its way through the blood dripped
gutters once trawled by the Nazis to kill, massacre and maim.
In the final days of December 2008 Gordon Brown will be remembered for
acting like one of the silent cowards who hangs uncomfortably on the
edge of the schoolyard as the bully kicks and thumps the little, weak
child.
And that feckless fool David Milliband is no better. While Brown told
journalists he was “deeply concerned” over Israeli actions, the British
Foreign secretary urged Israel to abide by its “humanitarian
obligations”.
And it was their weasly words which was directly responsible for the
lawlessness which erupted in the streets of London on Saturday, and
I’ll tell you why.
I was outraged and ashamed by the weakness shown by Milliband and Brown
and called my good friend Ghada Razuki. We have both been to Palestine
and we have both been to Gaza and we were both repelled by the pathetic
reaction of our government.
So we decided to launch SGS - Stop Gaza Slaughter - and call for a
rally. We began hitting the phones. Many organised groups were already
planning a demonstration for the Sunday and they urged us to wait.
One told me: “You do not have police permission”. Almost choking with
rage, I responded: “Permission? Permission to demonstrate and march and
exercise my democratic right to protest? This is Britain! And did
Israel ask anyone for permission to bomb Gaza?”
But Ghada did call the police and inform them that we were planning a
demo - in truth I thought around 30 of us might turn up to respond, but
it seems that we were not the only ones who were outraged by the
silence of Messrs Brown and Co.
“I thought you said only 30 were going to turn up, there must be 3,000
here now,” said one police officer. I just shrugged my shoulders and
said I had no idea a few text messages, FaceBook and a blog could have
resulted in such a turnout.
In truth I am sure many who arrived in Kensington on Saturday would
have come anyway. But what happened was pure ‘people power’ and this is
what happens when you have a leader who commands little or no respect.
When the people lead, the leaders will follow and I think in the next
few days Brown’s advisers will tell him that what the British people
want is a real man who will stand up to the bullies.
And if he doesn’t there will be more anarchy and it will get worse.
This is neither a threat nor a promise - just a prediction.
If Brown wants to survive politically, he will have20to join us when we
demonstrate on Saturday, January 3 - opposite the British Parliament.
He needs to show us he is really man enough to lead this country.
And on the subject of Saturday’s demonstration - police permission is
apparently being sought. I have some advice for the Metropolitan
Police: “Do not try and stop the democratic right of every person in
Britain to demonstrate.”
I am going to be there - with or without police permission. And if they
want to arrest me and lock me up then so be it.
Has it now become a crime to demonstrates against war crimes? Crimes
against humanity are being carried out by Israel and I refuse to be
silent.
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