By Syed M.Aslam
May 20 -June 02, 2002
*** "THE US EXTERMINATED its indigenous
population, conquered half of Mexico, and carried out depredations all
over. Now, for the first time since the British burned the White House
in (the War of) 1812, the guns have been directed the other way. OF
COURSE the US claims it has reasons... Everyone has reasons. The
question is whether they are justified. We should realize that in much
of the world the US is regarded as a leading terrorist state, with
good reason."
(US intellectual Noam Chomsky criticizing delusions
of American power in the post September 11 world)
*** "WHY THIS VIRTUOS MAN does not resign in
protest at the deliberate obstruction of crucial resolutions. Why does
he not quit in protest at the ineffectiveness of the international
body when it comes to (implementing) important resolutions."
(Saudi newspaper 'Al Bilad asking UN Secretary
General to step down over the failure of the world body to force
Israel to accept a fact-finding mission to the Palestinian refugee
camp of Janin, the scene of carnage by Israel)
*** "IT'S UNPATRIOTIC not to stand up, look
them in the eye, and ask the questions they don't want to hear —
they being those who have the responsibility ... to send our sons and
daughters, our husbands, wives, our blood, to face death."
(Star news anchor for the US television network
CBS, Dan Rather, accusing the Bush government of "stifling the
press while taking refuge in 'patriotism running amok'")
*** "THE GURKHAS have been loyal servants of
the British for 196 years and have lost between 50,000 and 60,000
lives. All we ask is not to be treated as inferior human beings and to
suffer discrimination."
(Nepal's Gurkha soldiers accusing UK of colonial
racism and taking the defence ministry to court for unfair treatment
over pay and pensions)
*** "THE AMERICAN position does not stem from
seeking the truth about weapons of mass destruction... If it were so,
why we did not hear from this American official any word about the
arsenal of chemical and nuclear weapons Israel had acquired."
(Libyan foreign ministry spokesman rejecting the
remarks by US Undersecretary of State John Bolton that Tripoli
continues to seek weapons of mass destruction)
*** "YEMEN, which has made sacrifices to
protect its independence and its sovereignty, will not make a mockery
of these principles. We will not grant any facility to the United
States or any country in any of our ports."
(Spokesman for Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh
declaring that his country would not grant the US military facilities
despite arrival of American military advisors in Sanaa)
*** "IT LOOKS LIKE AUSCHWITZ. The people have
nothing on their bones anymore. They are being treated like cattle,
crammed into tents. It's unbelievable, unbelievable."
(European Union's special envoy Klaus-Peter Klaiber
comparing conditions of hundreds of Taliban prisoners were held by
deputy defence minister Abdul Rashid Dostum to infamous Nazi
extermination camp)
*** "THE SIGNAL we are sending to the world is
that we take nuclear weapons and their use and employment very
seriously. We actually think ... we can gain strategic advantage by
using them."
(Senior fellow at Brookings Institution in
Washington, Ivo Daalder's strange logic of rejecting nuclear accord
between the US and Russia this week)
*** "BUSH, BY HIS POLICIES and recklessness
and his stifling of dissident ... is endangering our country ...'an
out-of-control West Texas Sheriff.'"
(Former US presidential candidate, Ralph Nader,
lashing out at the Bush administration)
*** "AS LONG AS the root of evil is there, the
violence will stay. The root of evil is the Israeli occupation."
(The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Monsignor Michel Sabbah,
blasting Israel as root of evil in the Middle East at the first mass
after the end of five-week Israeli siege)
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