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Nuggets From Pravda
 They tried to stop it, but they couldn't! It's Nuggets From Pravda! (Although they probably had the right idea...)
- Will the victory of Hamas in Palestine bring peace to the war-torn region?:
Apparently a topic page with several headlines of its own, some of which I will reproduce here:
- Russia invites Hamas to come to Moscow for talks: Russia intends to become a leading mediator in the regulation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel. Russian President Putin informed reporters yesterday of his intention to invite the administration of the radical Palestinian group Hamas to come to Moscow for talks....
...'Burning bridges in politics is very simple, although it is not a very prospective thing to do,' Putin said. 'This is the reason why Russia has not acknowledged Hamas a terrorist organization,' the president added. It is noteworthy that the administrations of Israel, the USA and the European Union think of Hamas as a terrorist organization.
As an aside, I think one of the driving propaganda strategies the terrorists engage in is "We're Only Interested In Our Struggle Against That Other Guy Behind The Tree, And Not _You_." The amazing thing is that it works so well...
- A few religious drawings trigger global standoff between Europe and Muslim world.
It's a global standoff, but it's funny that the protests have been most intense in countries with governments with a history of sponsoring terrorism, such as Syria, or neighbors of such countries, like Afghanistan. For a contrary view of at least one of the riots, see this earlier item.. Although it's funny... press organs like Pravda, both in the West and abroad, are reporting the comics issue like it's a clash of civilizations, which they couldn't be bothered to do after 9/11 or wave after wave of suicide bombing in israel, but they report everything else as if the governments I referred to earlier weren't extremist but moderate instead. See the earlier statements about Hamas. Take this, for example, from the Pravda article:
As regards a political solution to the drama, the Western side would point out that the Muslim side lacks a representative to take part in a full-fledged conciliatory dialogue. The Muslim street is a real representative, a true force. The point is that the situation in the Muslim society is completely opposite to that in the Western society. The Islamic world of politics is populated by bureaucrats of the postcolonial period, they can be likened to Bush or Blair. The people are a true force, the values of Islamic society live in the hearts of the people, not in the institutions. That is why the Western public opinion will never understand the Muslims.
Notice the way the author has not only bought into the myth that these demonstrations are all spontaneous, and not the works of governments, but actively promulgates it. And to what end...
I believe the whole controversy was created by U.S. lobby in order to condition the public opinion and politicians in Europe to an eventual acceptance of aggression against Iran. The U.S. aimed to cast doubt on protests against another act of U.S. aggression. I am confident that the U.S. has already decided to invade Iran. It is also quite clear to me that the U.S. is very interested in exerting influence on Europe's public opinion with regard to a predictably unanimous response to yet another aggression to be launched by Washington.'
I think I'm done here. As a postscript, they don't seem to have a byline for this one. I hope they haven't done away with them completely.
- Hamas election victory in Palestine: Goodbye peace, goodbye road map:
Well, an interesting headline, at least.
The Palestinian elections are an excellent example of a truly democratic electoral procedure
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
The parliamentary elections that took place in Palestine last week are of historic importance to that country. It is not that the Palestinians were electing their parliament, they have done it before. But the previous elections a decade ago were rigged by Fatah party, which has dominated the legislature ever since. The latest elections offered a real challenge to Fatah, a movement founded by Yasser Arafat half a century ago. Then and there, Fatah became a cornerstone of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The question was: How many seats in the 132-seat parliament will be won by Hamas, a radical Islamic movement, which was a chief rival to Fatah in the races.
Let me get this straight. When they held the earlier elections, it was reported at the time that all was sweetness and light and there was no corruption going on, but now that the other party's won one we're finally allowed to admit to ourselves that the previous election was fraudulent? How many more such cycles will we have to go through before we can admit to ourselves that maybe Hamas isn't winning by completely honest means either, or that the whole process is rigged? Technically, truly democratic revolutions have usually occured over management of taxation and funding, and the Palestinian government, whether Hamas or Fatah, is usually funded by someone other than the Palestinians. I would suggest that a good touchstone for when they finally get a real representative government would be when that government is funded by the Palestinians themselves and not foreign sponsors.
- Ariel Sharon's disease caused with ancient Kaballistic curse:
...In the meantime, the Israeli media are debating whether Ariel Sharon has fallen victim to some Orthodox Jews who allegedly put an ancient Kaballistic curse on him...
Because noone in the late 70's has ever had cardiopulminary difficulties before...
- Israel: Fascist tactics.
I guess we'll have to make it a site macro or something one of these days, but for now I'll have to repeat it manually. "You keep saying that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
- Pravda also has a general Cartoon Rage Roundup here.
- They also have a Putin roundup here, that has nothing substantive but that you need to see anyway.
- Great Britain finally starts fighting terrorism
About the Abu Hamza trial. Apparently holding trials of that sort is the only way one can be considered to be fighting terrorism. And that's all I have time for this week...
Posted by: Phil 2006-02-11 |
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