Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 14:45.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a "non existent creation" (an oxymoron, by the way)? Tell that to the countless people they've killed. And who exactly are these Iraqis who "certainly know" this? The Iraqis I know—leaders of the civil resistance—certainly have no doubts that al-Qaeda in Iraq exists. They are forming militias to defend against it. And the reason Hezbollah and Iran are fighting al-Qaeda is not because it doesn't exist (how the hell do you fight something that doesn't exist anyway?) but because it is Sunni.
This is why the American left deserves its own marginalization. It is more interested endless, idle conspiracy-theorizing than in real analysis.
The inconvenient facts and unanswered questions surrounding the attacks are legion, but the endemic sloppiness of the self-styled "researchers" is delegitimizing the entire project of critiquing the "official version." The ostentatiously named "Truth movement" is not clearing the air, but muddying the water.
WW4 Report pamphlets
WAR AT THE CROSSROADS
An Historical Guide Through the Balkan Labyrinth
The Balkan region is intensely multicultural - a point of crossroads and clash for some of the world's major religions, cultural spheres, and economic systems. While there have been vicious wars in Balkan history, these have taken place in the context of manipulation by imperial powers and the self-serving local leaders who cater to them.
opensource technology and the people of May First
Maybe it should be "Nolopensare"
Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a "non existent creation" (an oxymoron, by the way)? Tell that to the countless people they've killed. And who exactly are these Iraqis who "certainly know" this? The Iraqis I know—leaders of the civil resistance—certainly have no doubts that al-Qaeda in Iraq exists. They are forming militias to defend against it. And the reason Hezbollah and Iran are fighting al-Qaeda is not because it doesn't exist (how the hell do you fight something that doesn't exist anyway?) but because it is Sunni.
This is why the American left deserves its own marginalization. It is more interested endless, idle conspiracy-theorizing than in real analysis.