And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 20:30:27 -0800 (PST) >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Zinn blasts bombing / Alternative news of attack > M O J O U R N A L > News from the MoJo Wire and Mother Jones magazine > December 16, 1998 > http://www.motherjones.com/ > >S P E C I A L C O V E R A G E ___________________________ >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: MoJournal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >As a reader service, and because Clinton doesn't bomb foreign countries >*all* that often, we've decided to immediately send out the MoJo Wire's >take on today's events. Included in this e-mail: > >* Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, calls >the bombing "just another lie" > >* Total Coverage: Where to find voices on the attack other than the big >networks and papers > > >IRAQ BOMBING "ANOTHER LIE," SAYS HISTORIAN ZINN > >[Immediately after President Clinton announced the bombing of Iraq >today, we called Boston University historian HOWARD ZINN and asked for >his take. After a few minutes, he e-mailed this forceful accusation:] > >President Clinton has just told another lie, this time not about the >relatively trivial matter of his sexual activities, but about matters of >life and death. In explaining his decision to bomb Baghdad, he said that >other nations besides Iraq have weapons of mass destruction, but Iraq >alone has used them. > >He could only say this to a population deprived of history. The United >States has supplied Turkey, Israel, and Indonesia with such weapons and >they have used them against civilian populations. But the nation most >guilty is our own. No nation in the world possesses greater weapons of >mass destruction than we do, and none has used them more often, or with >greater loss of civilian life. In Hiroshima hundreds of thousands died, >in Korea and Vietnam millions died as a result of our use of such weapons. > >Our economic sanctions are also weapons of mass destruction, having >resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children. >Saddam Hussein may well have weapons of mass destruction, he may indeed >be inclined to use them, but only the United States is actually using >them, and at this very moment, people are dying in Iraq as a result. > >However evil Saddam Hussein is, whatever potential danger he may >represent, he is not, as the president said tonight (telling another >lie) a "clear and present danger" to the peace of the world. We are. >And, as the president said, if there is a clear and present danger we >must act against it. It is a time for protest. > >We are living in times of madness, when men in suits and ties, and yes, >a woman secretary of state, can solemnly defend the use, in the present, >of indiscriminate violence-they do not know what they are >bombing!-against a tyrant who may use violence, in the future. The >phrase "clear and present danger" has therefore lost its meaning. The >phrase "weapons of mass destruction" too has lost its meaning when a >nation which possesses more such weapons, and has used them more often, >than any other, uses those words to justify the killing of civilians "to >send a message." We who are offended by this should send our own message >to our demented leaders. > >Howard Zinn is professor emeritus of history at Boston University, and >author of _A People's History of the United States_. > > >PLUS: >TOTAL COVERAGE: IRAQ BOMBING > >For breaking news and voices on the bombing of Iraq, other than the ones >you'll hear blathering away on TV tonight, the MoJo Wire has just >compiled this list of the best sites to supplement your coverage of the >attack: > >INTERNATIONAL > >http://www.iraq.net/ >IraqNet's News Center seems to be the unofficial site for all things >Iraqi. Most importantly, it has a discussion forum where expatriate >Iraqis are already discussing the air strikes. > >http://www.opinion-pages.org/international.htm >The "International Op/Ed Pages" offer just that -- a comprehensive list >of editorials from papers around the globe. Nothing about the bombings >yet. But this will be the place to check out world opinion tomorrow. > >http://www.arabia.com/ >Arabia On-Line's coverage includes breaking stories, though they're >mostly culled from wire services. It also has an "Arab Forum" you can >sign into to discuss the air strikes, though you have to register first. >Hopefully the site will have more regional-based reporting in the next >few days. > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/ >The BBC Online carries information on the strikes from the British point >of view -- which is very similar to the U.S. point of view, as Britain >is the other country bombing Iraq along with the U.S. > > >ALTERNATIVE VIEWS > >http://www.commondreams.org/ >"NewsCenter," a project of Common Dreams, is the Yahoo of progressive >news (admittedly a niche). It links to the latest news on the attacks, >with the spicy headline: "Cruise Missiles Fall on Iraqis as Clinton Wags >the Dog." The site has a huge list of links to progressive columnists >(some from the MoJo Wire) -- plenty of them are sure to write about the >attack. > >http://leb.net/IAC/ >The Iraq Action Coalition is an activist group that has long opposed >economic sanctions against Iraq -- let alone bombings. They're sure to be >pissed and have something to say. > >http://www.iacenter.org/ >The International Action Center home page already lists the locations of >nationwide protests against the bombing of Iraq. > > >THE MILITARY DETAILS > >http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/ops/iraq.htm >The Federation of American Scientists' "Iraq Crisis" page: It's the >ultimate site for military wonks who want to dive into the Tom >Clancyesque details. For starters, the site claims to have the "Orders of >Battle for Operation Desert Fox." > >http://www.defenselink.mil >The official Web site of the U.S. Department of Defense. Check out the >Real Audio file of the Defense Department press briefing on the attack. >It's about a half-hour long-and not all that thrilling. > > &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without profit or payment ...http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ `"` `"` `"` `"` `"` `"`
