i was counting on a better analysis from robert fisk, though. oh well.
at any rate, you're still being conned by the con.
have a shot or two of jack. :)
kelley
At 05:33 PM 4/10/03 -0400, Chuck0 wrote:
>We're running a feature too on Infoshop News:
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>http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=03/04/10/0229653
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>Today's suspiscious spectacle is that union rally for the war in New York
>City. Who the hell organized that one?
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>Chuck0
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>C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>> From Sam Smith's Progressive Review:
>>[YOUR EDITOR thought there was something odd about those TV stories
>>describing the removal of the Saddam statue. Why had this spontaneous
>>crowd gathered only on one side of the statue? Why no long shots? And why
>>were those people in the background going about their urban business as
>>though nothing was happening? DC Indymedia has the answer.]
>>DC INDY MEDIA - The up-close action video of the statue being destroyed is
>>broadcast around the world as proof of a massive uprising. Still photos
>>grabbed off of Reuters show a long-shot view of Fardus Square... It's
>>empty save for the U.S. Marines, the international press, and a small
>>handful of Iraqis. There are no more than 200 people in the square at
>>best. The Marines have the square sealed off and guarded by tanks. A U.S.
>>mechanized vehicle is used to pull the statue of Saddam from it's base.
>>The entire event is being hailed as an equivalent of the Berlin Wall
>>falling... but even a quick glance of the long-shot photo shows something
>>more akin to a carefully constructed media event tailored for the
>>television cameras.
>>http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63743&group=webcast
>>MORE EVIDENCE OF THE FOTO FRAUD http://prorev.com
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