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<DIV>[<EM>Blistering piece by Fisk. Here are but two of the many fiery
paragraphs. DP</EM>]</DIV>
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<P>Yet suddenly, after 11 September, we went mad. We bombed Afghan villages into
rubble, along with their inhabitants – blaming the insane Taliban and Osama bin
Laden for our slaughter – and now we have allowed our gruesome militia allies to
execute their prisoners. President George Bush has signed into law a set of
secret military courts to try and then liquidate anyone believed to be a
"terrorist murderer" in the eyes of America's awesomely inefficient intelligence
services. And make no mistake about it, we are talking here about legally
sanctioned American government death squads. They have been created, of course,
so that Osama bin Laden and his men should they be caught rather than killed,
will have no public defence; just a pseudo trial and a firing squad.</P>
<P>It's quite clear what has happened. When people with yellow or black or
brownish skin, with Communist or Islamic or Nationalist credentials, murder
their prisoners or carpet bomb villages to kill their enemies or set up death
squad courts, they must be condemned by the United States, the European Union,
the United Nations and the "civilised" world. We are the masters of human
rights, the Liberals, the great and good who can preach to the impoverished
masses. But when <I>our</I> people are murdered – when our glittering buildings
are destroyed – then we tear up every piece of human rights legislation, send
off the B-52s in the direction of the impoverished masses and set out to murder
our enemies.</P></DIV>
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