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LIBYA: A DEAFENING SILENCE

LIBYA: A DEAFENING SILENCE

by Jody McIntyre
The entire media have fallen into line. This is a war to protect civilians. This is a war to force Gaddafi to leave. As if Western governments, with their proud histories of human rights abuses across the world, have any moral right to make judgements on the government of Libya. Etherington’s rhetoric reveals a despicable truth, this war is a game for us, a ‘party’ worth extending.

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JUSTICE FIRST, MR HAGUE. THEN PEACE

JUSTICE FIRST, MR HAGUE. THEN PEACE

Share Stuart Littlewood The word ‘justice’ is conspicuously absent from the mouthings of Western politicians on the Middle East. It has vanished from their vocabulary and from their purpose. Instead ‘peace process’ is endlessly trumpeted, and the lopsided dead-end ‘negotiations’ that go with it. “It was disappointing that they continued the building of settlements, that [...]

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