Tag: War
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The difference between bombs and bombs.
I’m not sure about you, but I am really tired of this sentence being callously thrown around these days: “It doesn’t make any difference who drops them. They do the same thing.” Not true. Bombs kill, maim and destroy. They are amongst the most terrible thing Man invented (along with water torture). But more people […]
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Happy New Year (again)
It has been a year since the 2009 Gaza “war” by Israel on Palestine. Critics of the campaign have focused, justifiably, on the high number of civilian casualties and the disproportionate use of force. But the results are indisputable: since the war, the number of rocket attacks from Gaza has dropped by 90 percent. The […]
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The Gaza Massacre
Happy New 1984. After I read the news today, I found I was shivering. It is the new year, and last year wasn’t incredible but this year seems to have started exceptionally well. This winter attack by Israel on its tiny colony has even Zionists raising thier voice in protest. But that doesn’t change anything […]