IP: Uncomfortable questions need to be asked

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Subject: Re: IP: Anthrax misinformation flourishes
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 13:25:38 +1000 (EST)
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> From: proff () iq org (Julian Assange)
>
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2001/10/16/FFXQIFD4USC.html
>
>    Uncomfortable questions need to be asked
>    By AMIR BUTLER
>    Tuesday 16 October 2001
>
>    "If Australians know little about their enemies in this war,
>    they know even less about their `friends'." As  the  world
>    rallies against the Taliban, many point to the Northern Alliance
>    as being the future leaders of Afghanistan or, at least,
>    instrumental in aiding the West in conquering the Taliban.
>
>    But  as  reports  come  in of British and American troops
>    providing aid to Northern Alliance fighters, and with an admission
>    by Vladimir Putin that the Russians have been arming and supporting
>    them, uncomfortable questions need to be asked.
>
>    If  Australians know little about their enemies in this war,
>    they know even less about their "friends". A question that we
>    all need to ask is: if this is really a just war, how can the
>    United States and its allies justify supporting an army that
>    has been universally condemned for war crimes and human rights
>    abuses?
>
>    Before  the appearance of the Taliban, Afghanistan was a killing
>    field as warring factions battled for control of Kabul. In 1994,
>    at least 25,000 civilians were killed  in  rocket and artillery
>    attacks on the city. One-third of Kabul was reduced to rubble.
>    There was no law or order, and, according to Human Rights Watch,
>    Ahmad Shah Massoud's faction, and others, engaged in rape,
>    summary executions, arbitrary arrest and torture.
>
>    [..]
>
>
> --
>  Julian Assange        |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people
>                        |together to collect wood or assign them tasks and
>  proff () iq org          |work, but rather teach them to long for the endless
>  proff () gnu ai mit edu  |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery


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