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December, 2001
Thank You Der Spiegel
We've yet to see the full English translation of yesterday's important article by Publisher Rudolf Augstein of Der Spiegel. But right away we can certainly comment that it's about time German intellectuals and journalists realized that precisely because of their past they have a special obligation to stand up against racism and facism and brute militarism -- from whatever quarter it rears its ugly tentacles.
January 21, 2006
Torturing Palestinians
From MER in January 1997: Torture of Palestinians is not only routine and systematic, in it actually sanctioned by the Israeli legal system that has been twisted to serve Israeli policies. Going back to the Shinbet scandal of the early 1980's, even more sadistic forms of torture have given way to the kinds of 'legalized' torture methods outlined in this important article from one of the few independent and courageous media sources in Israel, The Alternative Information Center (AIC). Among the reasons the Israelis get away with such systematic torture of Palestinians is that hardly anyone is willing to protest. The so-called "Palestinian Authority" practices similar and even worse torture techniques, as do nearly all of the Arab governments in the region -- so they are hardly in a position to protest. And the "liberal" American Jewish community has been morally bankrupt about such issues for so long now that to speak up at this point would be to condemn themselves for permitting, and even encouraging in many cases, such Nazi-like behavior by the Israelis for decades.
Iraq Archives
Articles from 1998 when another US -Iraq crisis was brewing. Of course this time the American empire is not content with bombing and sanctions, this time nothing less than complete occupation and total control are the clear goals.
June 29, 2004
Brits Departed Palestine Leaving Civil War - MER FlashBack
"Contrary to contemporary assertions, the British and the Americans have done far more to prevent democracy in the Middle East, and to inhibit independent economic development as well, then they will ever admit."
April 27, 2005
MER FlashBack - Wiping Out Palestinian Nationalism
MER FLASHBACK - Five Long Years Ago: Finally even Arafat's own Fateh is beginning to put into print what has long been suspected and whispered -- the Palestinian people have been
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Mark Bruzonsky, MER Publisher was the live on-air commentator for CTV during the historic Arafat-Rabin-Clinton ceremony at the White House in Sept. 1993
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THE GUARDIAN - One State Solution? Ghada Karmi writes how the Two-State Solution Has Failed and there is Now Just the One-State Solution left to fight for.
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MSNBC Interview with Mark Bruzonsky, December 1998
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The Rabin-Arafat Oslo signing commentary at the White House with live commentary from Mark Bruzonsky in the CTV Washington Studio. (1:17:54)
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Rumsfeld the Pentagon and the CIA are in charge of the war. As America prepares for a war that would require 25 times the number of troops deployed to fight the Taliban, Rumsfeld, 70, is on the line as never before in a long and storied career. Afghanistan was a highly unconventional war that relied in part on CIA agents carrying bags of cash to buy the loyalty of anti-Taliban fighters. But taking out Saddam would mean an old-fashioned kind of conflict, with thousands of Marines and G.I.s carrying rifles and grenades. A war, if it comes, would be Rumsfeld's legacy. Win or lose, this would be Rumsfeld's war.
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