>Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:40:19 -0400
>From: Louis Proyect <lnp3 at panix.com>
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>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: Clarifications
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>Dennis Perrin wrote:
>
>>Oh, yeah -- the Rev. Lou omitted this part:
>>
>>"This important article confirms, among other things, that the release of
>>prisoners was truly nationwide -- probably one of the biggest human rights
>>victories worldwide in recent years.
>>
>>"Despite Burns' attempts to suggest otherwise, protests of the families of
>>the disappeared demanding information and acknowledgment are no more
>>inherently proimperialist in Iraq than they are in Mexico or Argentina.
>>
>>"The rising desire of Iraqis to defend their country, among other processes
>>in the masses, has proved incompatible with the maintenance of a front of
>>'totalitarian' unity by the military-police regime."
>>
>>Saddam scored one of "the biggest human rights victories worldwide in
>>years"? Yep, speaks for itself.
>
>I see that Dennis is putting words in the poster's mouth, who said
>nothing about Saddam "scoring" anything. I guess all that time spent
>at FAIR must have familiarized him with the dodgy techniques found
>at places like Newsweek. What a waste of time for FAIR and what's
>worse, what a waste of time for Dennis. I am sure that if he had
>gone to work for Newsweek rather than FAIR, he'd be much happier
>today. Poor soul.