blessed britons

The worst aspect was arming Zimbabwe. The Mugabe regime had been a standard destination for British arms exports, including machine guns, ammunition and, in the 1980s and 1990s, around a dozen Hawk aircraft, with military training. The Foreign Affairs Committee notes that in the government's annual reports on arms exports for 1997 and 1998 'no indication was given... that any particular special [arms exports] regime was being applied to exports to Zimbabwe.

— Mark Curtis

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Hamas is slammed for wishing to ‘wipe Israel off the map’. Underline the word ‘wishing’ here because Israel had already wiped Palestine off the map. Why is Hamas being criticised for something Israel had done long ago (and still continues doing)? In fact, even the maps which Israeli children are currently studying at school have no reference to the Palestinian territories.

— Mamoon Alabbasi

How Israel Taught Hamas All It Knows

quiet in a way that kills

Submitted by antarchi on September 9, 2007 - 14:49.

The TV channel, al-Baghdad, accompanied [Former Iraqi minister of state for foreign affairs] Issawi on his tour and broadcast some of the scenes from inside Fallujah. The footage exposed the painful truth of the real situation here. The streets were deserted, shops were closed, and people appeared with sullen faces.
"Of course we are happy to have our city peaceful, but not this way," lawyer Ahmed Hammad told IPS. "The local police guided and supported by the American Army have prevented car movement for nearly three months now. They should not be proud of having the city quiet in a way that kills everybody with hunger and disease."
Hammad referred to the vehicle ban which was imposed by the U.S. military in Fallujah in May.

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quiet in a way that kills