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Death sentence for Saddam on Saturday
US Midterm elections on Tuesday
God bless America
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* The Story of Stuff
Annie Leonard and co. (review)
* The Life and Legend of Mithradates
Adrienne Mayor (review)
* Delusions of Gender Cordelia Fine (review)
* 97 Almost-Legal Ways To Stick It To The Man Rich Fulcher (review)
* Jilted Generation
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Clive Lord (post)
* Whores in History
Nickie Roberts
Annie Leonard and co. (review)* The Life and Legend of Mithradates
Adrienne Mayor (review)* Delusions of Gender Cordelia Fine (review)
* 97 Almost-Legal Ways To Stick It To The Man Rich Fulcher (review)
* Jilted Generation
Ed Howker and Shiv Malik* The Spirit Level Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
* Coming to England
Floella Benjamin (review)* Why Vote Green Shahrar Ali (review)
* One Dimensional Woman Nina Power (launch)
* Crap at the Environment
Mark Watson (review)* Prosperity without Growth
Tim Jackson (post)* Zombie Capitalism Chris Harman (my obit)
* A History of British Serial Killing
David Wilson (post)* A Citizens' Income
Clive Lord (post)* Whores in History
Nickie Roberts
2 comments:
I'm worried about the after affects of the execution of Saddam. The trial was a travesty.
I'm 100% against capital punishment. That is the easy way out for Saddam.
C5 news bulletin runs like this
"Saddam sentenced to death by hanging
"Well I suppose the conviction of Saddam Hussein is one key outcome for the Bush administration, one glimmer of good news in a smog of disorder surrounding the Iraq adventure.
"Amnesty International's criticism of the conduct of the trial - the interference with the judiciary and, of course, the murder of three of Saddam's lawyers - are
being put to one side here. But no one thinks that a sentence of death on Saddam will do much to affect either the dynamic of the war or the judgement of the
American electorate on it this Tuesday.
"I must admit, watching the moment of his conviction on television, I did find myself thinking back to how it was for those of us who were in Iraq in Saddam's heyday. A dark time, a time of fear, a time when you never quite knew who was
watching you, who was saying what about you to whom. Who can forget his Western-supported war on Iran, and the million who died in it?
"Who can forget the thousands of Shias massacred by him after America failed to come to their
assistance at the end of the Gulf War?
"Tonight, the end of Saddam, but not the end of Iraq's pain, and Iraq at the epicentre of US politics.
"I'll be anchoring tonight's programme from Capitol Hill, whose future political tenants will in part be decided by how America feels about the war.
"We have a remarkable team of Iraqis all over Iraq tonight sending us pictures of jubilation in Shia areas, and locked down in the Sunni triangle and Baghdad
itself. We hope to have the most comprehensive account. We'll also be talking live with Iraq's foreign minister and hearing too what George Bush has to say."
Thought it was worth quoting the whole thing
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