Alexander Cockburn on Daniel Pearl

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Feb 26 11:06:55 PST 2002


Alexander Cockburn wrote:


>Pearl and Block stigmatized the Serb armed forces as having done
>"heinous things", while also writing that "other
>allegations-indiscriminate mass murder, rape camps, crematoriums,
>mutilation of the dead-haven't been borne out in the six months
>since NATO troops entered Kosovo. Ethnic-Albanian militants,
>humanitarian organizations, NATO and the news media fed off each
>other to give genocide rumors credibility. Now, a different picture
>is emerging."

WSWS wrote:


>Another notable series of articles dealt with allegations of Serbian
>genocide in Kosovo. While acknowledging that the Yugoslav forces had
>done "heinous things," Pearl (in an article co-authored with Robert
>Block) wrote that "other allegations-indiscriminate mass murder,
>rape camps, crematoriums, mutilation of the dead-haven't been borne
>out in the six months since NATO troops entered Kosovo.
>Ethnic-Albanian militants, humanitarian organizations, NATO and the
>news media fed off each other to give genocide rumors credibility.
>Now, a different picture is emerging."

Guess it's easier than looking up the original article!

Doug



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