[lbo-talk] FW: Low Life (was "Come friendly bombers" )

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Jul 15 10:58:10 PDT 2005


Charles Brown wrote:


>It is not difficult to think of British youth of color identifying the
>racism they experience at home with the racist, imperialist wars on the
>south Asian countries with religion and ethnicities related to theirs.

So they blew up people of many ethnic groups?

I think Palestinians suicide-bombing in Israel is a bankrupt tactic, but at least you can figure out the bombers' point. The point of the London bombs isn't obvious.


>It is not really hard to believe or understand that if the UK had not
>invaded Iraq, these youth, ethnically affine with Iraqis, would not have
>retaliated on behalf of Iraqis, Afghanis, etc.

Some were of Pakistani origin, no? What ethnic affliation is there among Afghans (who come from many different ethnic groups), Pakistanis, and Iraqis (not all of whom are Arabs)?

Doug



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