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| 02/18/03 at 06:13:23 |
| [slm] "War on Iraq - Conceived In Israel" Please circulate - THE CASE AGAINST WAR By Robert Fisk, CounterPunch. February 15, 2003 "The men driving Bush to war are mostly former or still active pro-Israeli lobbyists. For years, they have advocated destroying the most powerful Arab nation. Richard Perle, one of Bush's most influential advisers, Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton and Donald Rumsfeld were all campaigning for the overthrow of Iraq long before George W Bush was elected--if he was elected--US President. And they weren't doing so for the benefit of Americans or Britons. A 1996 report, A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm ( http://www.israeleconomy.org/strat1.htm ) called for war on Iraq. It was written not for the US but for the incoming Israeli Likud prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu and produced by a group headed by--yes, Richard Perle. The destruction of Iraq will, of course, protect Israel's monopoly of nuclear weapons and allow it to defeat the Palestinians and impose whatever colonial settlement Sharon has in store." Complete article at http://www.counterpunch.com/fisk02152003.html - "War on Iraq - Conceived In Israel" by Dr. Stephen J. Sniegoski, " In April 2002, leading Israeli military historian Martin van Creveld held that a United States attack on Iraq would provide the cover for Prime Minister Sharon to forcibly remove the Palestinians from the West Bank. In Creveld's view, 'The expulsion of the Palestinians would require only a few brigades,' who would rely on 'heavy artillery.' Creveld continued: 'Israeli military experts estimate that such a war could be over in just eight days. If the Arab states do not intervene, it will end with the Palestinians expelled and Jordan in ruins. If they do intervene, the result will be the same, with the main Arab armies destroyed. ... Israel would stand triumphant, as it did in 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973.'77 Although Creveld did not express any opposition to this impending expulsion, in September 2002, a group of Israeli academics did issue a declaration of opposition to such a development, stating that 'We are deeply worried by indications that the 'fog of war' could be exploited by the Israeli government to commit further crimes against the Palestinian people, up to full-fledged ethnic cleansing.'78 The declaration continued: 'The Israeli ruling coalition includes parties that promote 'transfer' of the Palestinian population as a solution to what they call 'the demographic problem'. Politicians are regularly quoted in the media as suggesting forcible expulsion, most recently MKs Michael Kleiner and Benny Elon, as reported on Yediot Ahronot website on September 19, 2002. In a recent interview in Ha'aretz, Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon described the Palestinians as a 'cancerous manifestation' and equated the military actions in the Occupied Territories with 'chemotherapy', suggesting that more radical 'treatment' may be necessary. Prime Minister Sharon has backed this 'assessment of reality'. Escalating racist demagoguery concerning the Palestinian citizens of Israel may indicate the scope of the crimes that are possibly being contemplated.' 79 In the fall of 2002, the Jordanian government, fearing that Israel might push the Palestinian population into Jordan during the anicipated United States attack on Iraq, asked for public assurances from the Israeli government that such a move would not be made. The Sharon government, however, has refused to publicly renounce an expulsion policy.80" Read the complete article at http://www.currentconcerns.ch/archive/20030102.php - Today's Haaretz article: "U.S. official to Israel: We'll deal with Syria, Iran after Iraq war" http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/263923.html The American public is rising up as evidenced in over 500,000 in New York, 250,000 in San Francisco over this past weekend (and hundreds of thousands more in over 100 US cities and millions abroad). Enough is enough. It isn't about WMD and it isn't just oil. Sincerely, Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD ====== What Yesterday's Protests Mean... What Yesterday's Protests Mean... From: david koff <dkoff@pacbell.net> Saturday, February 15, 2003 It was I've now read in various sources the single largest day of protest in world history. How many people does it take to set a record like that? Estimates are that between 8 to 11.5 million people took to the streets in peace to demonstrate against the United States going to war against Iraq. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030215/1/37sm9.html http://www.antiwar.com/feb03demos.html This fact is staggering to me. And I have to be honest: I feel incredibly lucky and inspired to be alive at a time when something of this magnitude occurs. Say what you want about negative press,! horrific news coverage and an administration hell-bent on going to war at any cost: what we all saw today was an unprecedented message from the people of the world who came out to march for peace. And it made world headlines. Our sheer numbers are now changing the debate. We have assumed our rightful position as citizens who demand that our leaders lead with morality, equanimity and peace. Make no mistake about it: we are changing the world right now by embracing peace and we will continue to shape future political debate by continuing to embrace peace. Remember, if you oppose going to war, you are not alone. In fact, youve got literally MILLIONS who agree with you, so dont stop preaching peace in your daily conversations with friends, family, co-workers and strangers. Keep the discussions open, keep your heart open and keep open the possibility for a peaceful resolution to this conflict. The worst thing that can happen, literally, is for! you to lose hope. What follows is a city-by-city list of all the peace demonstrations that I could find listed on the Internet. I did this myself by referencing a bunch of different websites that may be found at the end of this letter. When possible, Ive tried to reference each number of demonstrators by its appropriate news source. One important note: while the police are notorious for minimizing the figures for those attending a demonstration, protest organizers are just as gifted in inflating those figures. The numbers Ive listed are, I think, a happy medium. The countries are listed in alphabetical order. My love, David Los Angeles [* denotes additional figures which I received from various sources. -- Bill] UNITED STATES Washington, D.C.: 50,000 (BBC) Raleigh, NC: &nbs! p; 7,000 (news-observer.com) Austin, TX: 10,000 (austin360.com) Houston: 3,000 (chron.com) Santa Fe, NM: 4,500 (www.currentargus.com) Santa Cruz, CA: 5,000 (indymedia) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii: 500 (the.honoluluadvertiser.com) Los Angeles, CA: 30,000 (Reuters) Seattle, WA: 20,000 (seattlepi.com) Detroit, MI: &nbs! p; 2,000 (freep.com) San Diego, CA: 5,000 (signonsandiego.com) Minneapolis, MN: 7,500 (star tribune) Lansing, MI: 1,500 (lsj.com) Colorado Springs, CO: 3,300 &nbs! p; (KVOR Radio) New York, NY: 350,000 (NY Times, CNN) Philadelphia, PA: 10,000 (NBC 10 News) Little Rock, AK: 500 (IndyMedia, CNN) Portland, ME: 1,400 &nbs! p; (IndyMedia) Chicago: 3,000 (IndyMedia) Davenport, Iowa: 100 (CNN) Nashville: 750* ARGENTINA Buenos Aires: 50,000 (www.lanacion.com.ar) AUSTRALIA Sydney: 250,000 (smh.com.au, yahoo news) Bellingen: &! nbsp; 2,500 (Indymedia) Canberra: 16,000 (Reuters) Adelade: 100,000 (abc.net.au) biggest in citys history Hobart: 10,000 (ABC) Lismore: 5,000 (Indymedia) Melbourne: 50,000 (smh.com.au) biggest since Vietnam War Newcastle: 18,000 (indymedia) Perth: &n! bsp; 10,000 (ABC) Warrnambool: 200 (Fairfax) Byron Bay: 3,000 (indymedia) AUSTRIA Vienna: 15,000 (AP) BANGLADESH Dhaka: 2,000 (AP) BELGIUM Brussels: 50,000 (AP) BRAZIL Sao Paolo: 15,000 (noticias.bol.com) BULGARIA Sofia: 1,200 (www.novinite.com) CANADA Montreal: 100,000 Vancouver: 20,000 Quebec City: 3,000 Edmonton: 2,000 Halifax: 500 Calgary: &n! bsp; 5000 Toronto: 25,000 Ottawa: 2,000 (All figures provided by www.canoe.ca) CZECH REPUBLIC Prague: 500 (AP) DENMARK Copenhagen: 25,000 (AP) EGYPT Cairo: 2,000 (Palestine Chronicle) ENGLAND London: 1,000,000 (CNN, NY Times) largest in British history!! FINLAND Helsinki: 15,000 FRANCE Paris: 400,000 (AP) Toulouse: 10,000 Whole country: 300,000 (CNN) GERMANY Berlin: 500,000 (Miami herald) largest since f! all of Berlin Wall Cologne: 10,000 (abcnews.go.com) GREECE Cyprus: 500 Athens: 50,000 (Reuters) HOLLAND Amsterdam: 70,000 (www.ad.nl) HUNGARY Budapest: 20,000 (es.news.yahoo.com) ICELAND Reykavik: 1,000 (yahoo news) INDIA ! Kashmir: hundreds INDONESIA Jakarta: 100,000 IRELAND Dublin: 100,000 (www.online.ie ) - largest in countrys history Belfast: tens of thousands ISRAEL Tel-Aviv: 2,000 Jews & Palestinians (HaAretz) ITALY Rome: ! ; 1,000,000 (UPI) JAPAN Tokyo: 6,000 (AP, BBC) Osaka: 1,000 JORDAN Bakaa Refugee Camp: 500 (Palestine Chronicle) Amman: 2,000 (CNN) KOREA, SOUTH Seoul: hundreds(BBC) LEBANON Damascus: tens of thousands (BBC) MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur: 2,000 (www.malaysiakini.com) MEXICO Mexico City: 30,000 (Reuters) NEW ZEALAND Wellington: 5,000 (Common Dreams) Auckland: 9,000 (scoop.co.nz) NORWAY Oslo: 60,000 (AP) ! Total for whole country: 100,000 (www.aftenposten.no) PAKISTAN Islamabad: hundreds (BBC) Lahore: hundreds (yahoo news) PALESTINE Gaza: 15,000 (AFP) Ramallah: 600* PHILIPPINES Manila: 6,000 (Rai) POLAND: Warsaw: 2,500 (http://www1.gazeta.pl)! PORTUGAL Lisbon: 80,000 Porto: 10,000 (both stats from es.news.yahoo.com) RUSSIA Moscow: 1000 outside US Embassy (CNN) SERBIA Belgrade: 200 (www.b92.net) SCOTLAND Glasgow: 30,000 (AP) SOUTH AFRICA Cape Town: &! nbsp; 5,000 (AP) Johannesburg: 4,000 (AP) Durban: 5,000 (www.news24.com) SPAIN Barcelona: 1,000,000 (Miami herald) largest EVER in this city Cadiz: 70,000* Las Palmas: 100,000* Madrid: 600,000 (Reuters) Oviedo: 100,000* Seville: 60,000 Total for entire country: 2,000,000 [* polls indicate that 93% of the Spanish population oppose this war. -- Bill] SWEDEN Stockholm: 35,000 (AP) Gothenberg: &nbs! p; 25,000 (www.svd.se) Malmo: 3,000 (www.svd.se) SWITZERLAND Bern: 40,000 (AP) SYRIA Damascus: 200,000 (AP) THAILAND Pattani: 10,000 (www.nationmultimedia.com <http://www.nationmultimedia.com/> ) Bangkok: &! nbsp; 3,000 TURKEY Istanbul: 5,000 (cnn) UKRAINE Kiev: 2,000 URUGUAY Monte Video: 50,000 (www.radio36.com.uy) Reference Links http://www.antiwar.com/feb03demos.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2672809.stm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13397-2003Feb15.html http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=2235060 http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W/WORLD_WAR_PROTESTS?SITE=KMZT&SECTION=HOME http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ANTI_WAR_PROTESTS?SITE=KMZT&SECTION=HOME http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=42311&group=webcast |
| Re: "War on Iraq - Conceived In Israel" |
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| Halima |
| 02/18/03 at 07:32:00 |
| And yet, the Arab leaders are divided over Iraq!!! |
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