Quo Vadis by Noam Chomsky. Prosecuting Terrorism. U.S. Imprisons 14,000 Detainees. U.S.
Imprisons 14,000 Detainees Associated Press | September 18, 2006 BAGHDAD, Iraq - In the few short years since the first shackled Afghan shuffled off to Guantanamo, the U.S. military has created a global network of overseas prisons, its islands of high security keeping 14,000 detainees beyond the reach of established law. Disclosures of torture and long-term arbitrary detentions have won rebuke from leading voices including the U.N. secretary-general and the U.S. Supreme Court. "It was hard to believe I'd get out," Baghdad shopkeeper Amjad Qassim al-Aliyawi told The Associated Press after his release - without charge - last month. India fences off Bangladesh to keep out Muslim terror - Sunday Times - Times Online. Allah's Butchers by Ralph Peters.
Perhaps the greatest blasphemers in any religion are those who appoint themselves as God’s executioners.
When an entire civilization embraces such butchers, both the civilization and the religion are in trouble. The ritual slaughter of Paul Johnson Jr. in wasn’t simply the act of a cluster of terrorists, but a reflection of the failure of the entire Arab world. Religions are what men make of them. In the Arab heartlands of Islam, Muslims are making a gory mess of their faith. It’s time to end the politically correct baby-talk insisting that Islam isn’t the problem. The decapitation of yet another American civilian can’t be dismissed as an aberration from “true” Islam. Winds of Change.NET: A Ralph Peters Exerpt.
When_devils_walk_the_earth.pdf (application/pdf Object) Noam Chomsky responds to Christopher Hitchens on 9/11 (#1,2) (Here, Chomsky replies to Christopher Hitchens' columns of Sept. 24 and Oct. in The Nation magazine and on its website.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Chomsky Replies to Hitchens By Noam Chomsky I have been asked to respond to recent articles by Christopher Hitchens (webpage, Sept. 24; Nation, Oct. 8), and after refusing several times, will do so, though only partially, and reluctantly.
The reason for the reluctance is that Hitchens cannot mean what he is saying. For that reason alone -- there are others that should be obvious -- this is no proper context for addressing serious issues relating to the Sept. 11 atrocities. That Hitchens cannot mean what he writes is clear, in the first place, from his reference to the bombing of the Sudan. He must be unaware that he is expressing such racist contempt for African victims of a terrorist crime, and cannot intend what his words imply. And much more. This only scratches the surface. Noam Chomsky on World Trade Center Attacks. The September 11 attacks were major atrocities.
In terms of number of victims they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton’s bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing tens of thousands of people (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry […] The September 11 attacks were major atrocities. In terms of number of victims they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton’s bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing tens of thousands of people (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry at the UN and no one cares to pursue it). Not to speak of much worse cases, which easily come to mind. But that this was a horrendous crime is not in doubt.
Chomsky.info : The Official Noam Chomsky Website. Noam Chomsky - Home Page @ MIT. Noam Chomsky. Avram Noam Chomsky (/ˈnoʊm ˈtʃɒmski/; born December 7, 1928) is an American linguist, philosopher,[21][22] cognitive scientist, logician,[23][24][25] political commentator and anarcho-syndicalist activist.
Sometimes described as the "father of modern linguistics",[26][27] Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy.[21] He has spent most of his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is currently Professor Emeritus, and has authored over 100 books. He has been described as a prominent cultural figure, and was voted the "world's top public intellectual" in a 2005 poll.[28] Born to a middle-class Ashkenazi Jewish family in Philadelphia, Chomsky developed an early interest in anarchism from relatives in New York City. He later undertook studies in linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his BA, MA, and PhD, while from 1951 to 1955 he was appointed to Harvard University's Society of Fellows. Early life Childhood: 1928–45. N+1. If a hall of fame were established for contemporary book reviewers—well, why not?
There’s one for ad executives, poker players, and probably porn stars—Christopher Hitchens would very likely be its second inductee. (James Wood, of course, would be the first.)