JTrader said:Current UK & USA foreign policy has been proved to be so wrong, corrupt & run by criminals.
600,000 dead men women & children in Iraq.
When the media try & use incidents like this (when the UK was probably in Iranian waters, or deep inside the 12 mile wide Iraq-Iran disputed waters/no go zone) to try & make out that the UK were the innocent good, is an absolute farce.
JTrader said:Saw a clip from Sky News, might have been George Galloway being interviewed, or someone else.....
But the presenter was arguing that its not all doom & gloom in Iraq. Afterall, they can watch satellite TV now.
The guest pointed out that 600,000 deaths is a heavy price to pay for non sensored satellite TV access.
It's a criminal offence to criticise Bush administration policies.
yacarob1 said:In the USA only or Empire-wide ?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010920-8.htmlEither you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=447676&in_page_id=1770No 10 is accused of masterminding sale of hostages' stories
yacarob1 said:In the USA only or Empire-wide ?
JTrader said:
The plan changed when the Iranians revealed the table tennis and chess stories on TV which made the report of the marines under cruel captivity difficult to support. And so reverse button was pressed.
I'm suprised we didn't see any of these pictures on the BBC. How strange... 🙄
We seem to see all other sorts of video TV broadcasts coming from ME televisions.
TWI said:..
Sharafi revealed that his captors "performed mock executions while my eyes were blindfolded and my hands and feet were bound.'' He said the drill torture occurred early in his captivity, and beatings took place throughout. Sharafi showed reporters nine holes in his ankle and foot he said were caused by a drill.
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....Atilla said:The truth is indeed out there somewhere.
Alex Jones' Infowars.com :: There is a War on for Your Mind!
THoward Zinn and the Aljazeera Weather Babe
In the States I long ago quit watching television "news." But down here in my scruffy little corner of the free world I watch Aljazeera every night after the evening toke and cup of the local bitters. I am here to tell you dear hearts that Aljazeera is what PBS ought to be. Especially its new documentary channel. Aljazeera, or AJ as they say, presents the world and the primary issues of class, the high and the powerful and the haves and the have nots, straight up, pretty much leaving you to form your own opinions. At the same time, when it comes to documentaries, AJ warns viewers that they will be seeing documentaries made with a point of view, documentaries that are not afraid of showing passion or compassion. I just about fell off the barstool when it ran a documentary about how the low salt diet scam plays into the hands of Big Pharma as a symbiotic rip-off, and why no other country in the world falls form it except the US and its lapdog, the UK. It's been so much fun I found myself craving a bag of Doritos and wishing I could order a pizza. Last night I watched a homemade Argentine documentary on the Canary Island boat people. But rather than presenting the misery porn so common in American documentaries ("Ain't them starving little black children pitiful, Henry? They got no legs. Something about land mines or whatever.") The amateur producer delved into the boat people's families back in Mali and the destruction of their small scale sugar industry by global corporatism. AJ's documentaries may vary in quality, but you've got to love a channel where producer Danny Schecter is a star and Howard Zinn is considered a wise elder. Tonight he is taking calls, most of them deeply intelligent, from all over the planet regarding America's current condition. He looks very worn and tired and speaks the truth in full context. And I won't even go into the, uh, attributes, of the Aljazeera's weather babe. PBS was never like this.
JTrader said:I think the military is a ridiculous job. Each time I see an army advert on TV I feel (mildly) sick.
When people join the military, they have a rough idea of whats involved, so they know what they're taking on. They no doubt realise that working at Barclays is probably a safer bet.
Because the UK & Iran are presently (at peace) with one another, I find it slightly hard to believe that the 15 had serious concerns that they may be delibaretly harmed. However, who am i to doubt their story, & it must have been very stressful nonetheless, but perhaps preferable to patrolling the streets of Baghdad or Basra.
........Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me...........
TWI said:I wonder who had the easier time. Why is there not video of Jalal Sharifi playing pool or cards and joking with his fellow captors? How can we preach righteousness to these people when we conduct ourselves in this way?
Jalal Sharafi's psychiatrist says the diplomat is constantly reliving the trauma of his torture, including mock executions by his US and Iraqi captors.
Crap Buddist said:BUT, another but , how come they torture humans ? ohh what is this the road to peace and freedom then ? what ****ing study book have they been reading?