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JUDGE REJECTS PLEA FOR RAISETHEFIST.COM WEBMASTER

by updater Tuesday, Oct. 01, 2002 at 10:35 PM

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JUDGE REJECTS PLEA FOR RAISETHEFIST.COM, SHERMAN AUSTIN

Raisethefist.com, Sherman Austin went to court on Monday, Sept 30th to plead guilty to felony: 18 U.S.C. 842 (p)(2)(A): DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WITH THE INTENT THAT SUCH INFORMATION BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF A FEDERAL CRIME OF VIOLENCE. The plea bargain was to give Austin a felony conviction with 1 month in jail, 5 months in a half-way home and 3 years supervised release.

As the prosecutor read the factual basis of the plea agreement in court, Judge Wilson immediately turned defiant, saying 1 month in jail was not acceptable. He expressed that posting such information regardless of any intent should be illegal, (this of course completely disregarding the 1st amendment and the thousands of NON-ANARCHIST web sites which distribute bomb making instructions), stating that the offense is too serious for Austin to serve only 1 month in jail. Judge Wilson argued that Austin should serve more than 12 months, even though the sentencing is between 6-12 months for Austin's criminal history category under violation 18 U.S.C. 842.

The judge also attempted to make Austin out as a terrorist, saying he didn't care how old he was, that his political philosophy behind his reasons of posting the information made it a very serious federal offense, with the intent that the information be used for malicious destruction at international events of foreign commerce.

Austin's attorney argued that the intent of posting the information was not that it be used for offensive purposes, but that it would be used in a self-defense manner only if police were to violently attack demonstrators, putting them in danger and disallowing them to exercise their freedom of speech.

If going to trial, Austin faces 3-4 years in prison if convicted of both felony charges: 18 U.S.C. 842 (p)(2)(A): DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO EXPLOSIVES, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WITH THE INTENT THAT SUCH INFORMATION BE USED IN FURTHERANCE OF A FEDERAL CRIME OF VIOLENCE; 26 U.S.C. 5861(d): POSSESSION OF A FIREARM WHICH IS NOT REGISTERED TO HIM IN THE NATIONAL FIREARMS REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER RECORD.

Once indicted, a plea would offer Austin 6+ months in jail.




On January 24th, 2002, Sherman became one of the first victims of the new USA Patriot Act when 25 heavily armed FBI agents and secret service surrounded and raided his home in Los Angeles because of his anarchist web site http://www.raisethefist.com. All computer equipment along with political literature, even protest signs were seized and loaded into a big white truck.

Austin was not arrested until a week later when he decided to attend the World Economic Forum protests in New York. He was arrested by New York police after being targeted law enforcement officials. After spending nearly 30 hours in jail, Austin was taken into a back room in hand cuffs and interrogated by the FBI and Secret Service for several hours. 10 minutes later he was released from jail with charges dropped. Within minutes he was re-arrested by 6 FBI agents and placed in maximum security federal prison. At his bail hearing he was accused of driving 3,000 miles carry out his "plot" of mass destruction against the WEF event, and on the way back to "blow up" the Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. Even though federal agents searched his car in New York, and found absolutely nothing, and there was a blatant lack of evidence, he was denied bail and the judge ordered Austin be transported to California with a US Marshal escort, as the judge felt "the Government has also shown by clear and convincing evidence that there is a very serious risk of danger to the community"

While awaiting finial extradition to California at a "hub" for prisoners in Oklahoma. Thomas Mrozek, public affairs officer for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said, "We have opted not to seek an indictment at this time. We are continuing to investigate the matter, but as of right now, he's off the hook."

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death becomes the solution

by cheyenne Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 1:37 PM

it makes me completely out raged when a young black man is promoting positive change within the world and is now in jail. the socail stratification within the world, the U.S.A in particular is set so only the capitalistic white-supremist get a chunk of the "american dream." well i say fuck the american dream cuz its killin those people who are not pigs. i urge everyone to fight back, with your head up because i feel it is better to die for change than die same...and thats when death becomes the solution
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Mr.

by Will Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 1:53 PM

he should get the ACLU to help with something like this
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Free Speech?

by Spartacus Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 2:20 PM


It's a very simple matter to learn enough html to create a web page.


If the FBI is going after webmasters, let's all be webmasters.


We'll choke their rivers with our dead.


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HTML is easy

by Neeja Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 5:36 PM
lightning_dark@hotmail.com

yes indeed html is very easy.

is the command for a double line space. and does not need a

at the end of the line. the same with
which is a single line space.

anyway i concur. getting everybody into the wemastering business if a definite step in the right direction. information is knowledge. knowledge is power. and wisdom is the ability to use that power.
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Just in case

by of emergency Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 9:18 PM

http://www.spaceshipcafe.net/freesherman/

Banners and what nots.
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free Sherman

by sanarchus Wednesday, Oct. 02, 2002 at 11:51 PM
freemass@37.com

Raise The Fist is the best anarchic site.
Free Sherman to continue his most important work.

Free speech (Spartacus) is my name.
The comment above is by someone else using my name although the comment is good and can be very helpful.
Spartacus
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Anarchrist

by Parazite Thursday, Oct. 03, 2002 at 1:03 AM
parazite@jippii.fi

Screw the judge and fuck the FBI. But a good thing that Austin goes to trial to strike down this unconstitunional piece of shit legistlation.

I vow to keep the Reclaim guide available online with a proper disclaimer: I do condone, advocate and incite the use of violence against law enforcement authorities and political figures including the president of USA.

So SUE me FBI. Sue the entire Internet. Let's see, if the First Amendment has become a casuality in the so called war on terrorism.

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HANDS OFF SHERMAN AUSTIN

by aron pieman kay Thursday, Oct. 03, 2002 at 12:24 PM
pieman@pieman.org

sherman should reach out to the progressive community since this case represnts the shreding of the bill of rights
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SHUT THE FUCK UP

by Perspective Thursday, Oct. 03, 2002 at 8:49 PM

Maybe people should think twice before making statements like "Death is the Solution". In the past, court cases like Jeffrey "Free" Luers', who is currently serving 22 and a half years in Lane County Oregon for the torching of three SUVs that were then sold, was treated with much more sever penalties quite possibly because of some invisible people's communique mentioning his name for another series of SUV burnings. Maybe these statements can wait ex post facto. Until then, SHUT THE FUCK UP!
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neeja shut up!

by Azzy Friday, Oct. 04, 2002 at 8:25 AM

You are a) offtopic and b) WRONG. When using paragraph tags to stay within HTML specifications as well as XHTML, there must be closing tags.

So FUCK OFF!
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Seen it before

by na Saturday, Oct. 05, 2002 at 6:46 AM

what an asshole.
Self portrait honey?
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At least

by T-Mex Wednesday, Oct. 09, 2002 at 11:11 AM

some of you folks are honest enough to acknowledge that your goal is to kill people.

That doesn't make you good people -- it makes you wanna be murderers.

The so called "progressive" movement has copious blood on its hands, and is constantly seeking to add more.

Kudos for Judge Wilson. Sherman was willing to admit to his crime, obviously because he was in fact guilty!

But for the intervention of law enforcement, who knows how many innocents would have been killed with bombs made at his direction.

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Grow up

by Mordecai Wednesday, Oct. 09, 2002 at 3:37 PM

Your anarcho-protest movement is skewed and laughable. Your goals for "change" admittedly radical, etirely predictable, and utterly inane. You hide behind race and rhetoric, and are unwilling to face or accept the consequence of your "action" in a society built on laws. Be the laws biased or not, malicious or benevolent, some laws are viable and necessary to protect the average citizen from imbeciles who wish to incite or are willing to provide violent meaures to counteract what THEY see as offensive to their silly litany of woe against the institution. If a change for the better is what you seek, use whatever is left of your intelligence within that skull filled with brainwashing and misconstured foolishness. Anarchy is a joke, period. Ask the Bosnians, you wankers. Your Utopian anarchic society cannot and will never exist in this reality. The brainiac behind Raise Your Fist (and sing along with Dio or Crue?) is getting exactly what he deserves, so... grow up.
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when the law becomes tyranny, self-defense becomes duty.

by rtf Wednesday, Oct. 09, 2002 at 8:40 PM
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Spend only a few minutes searching the internet and you'll see it's not against the law for any other web site, which is not anarchist to post the exact same information, if not, even more of it. The information contained on raisethefist.com was absolutely nothing you couldn't find on any other web site, or in any library. Nevertheless, I didn't even author it. However, since it was found on an ANARCHIST web site, that's where the law had to selectively intervene and say, "you broke the law". The law likes to talk about 'taking responsibility', yet it's so quick to accuse those who are the very victims of abusive police who don't get held responsible for their brutality and murder which they inflict on our communities. The law doesn't hold the police accountable when they're firing their rubber bullets, cracking their batons over peaceful demonstrators, brutalizing, criminalizing, or even murdering people in our community. But when a victim of this violence tries to defend him or herself against such blatant tyranny, they're called a criminal, a terrorist, and accused of endangering the lives of others - while at the same time pigs occupy our streets and TAKE the lives of people in our communities. How long are you going to wait until you realize that self-defense is our only defense.

The actions from the feds have blatantly admitted that self defense is a crime. They've made it a crime because it's the only thing we have against tyranny. It is the only thing we have against police beating, criminalizing, and gunning down people in our communities.

Self defense is not a crime. A crime is teaching a man or women not to defend themselves when they are the constant victims of brutal attacks.
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Hmm

by T-Mex Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at 1:51 AM

If we he did was legal, one wonders why he was prepared to admit to having committed a crime.
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A technicality

by gremlyn Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at 7:23 AM

The legality of Sherman's case is a technicality. He was very obviously targeted for his general beliefs and the over-all views on the website.

The fact that http://www.raisethefist.com became so popular, I believe, is what triggered this whole extravaganza. I wish with all my heart that Sherman had NOT plead guilty. If he is convicted, we might as well open the flood gates for the FBI and turn ourselves in.

We need solidarity at this point, and please, a bit of tact. There is something to be said for strategy.

FREE SHERMAN!

To T-Mex...I'll be the first to admit that anarchy is currently, at best, an ideal. However, without ideals, where would this country be? Would we even have a constitution? Anarchy is a viable alternative on a small scale. Instead of bashing those who hold it's ideals, why don't you try to first find out what those ideals are? There are two things that really get me down; complacency and ignorance. Get a grip, and a clue.
Defeatist pessimists are the last thing we need.
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fed up with the feds

by Randolph G. Grant Iv Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at 11:59 AM
rgrant@ucla.edu (310)649-0516

I have met Sherman a few times, I have heard the brother speak out on his views and while I don't agree with everything he says I strongly belive he should have the right to say what ever he wants. If Sherman chooses to use the internet to make himself heard as I am doing now to make myself heard then he should be absolutly free to do so. What we have here is a federal government who has strayed so far from the constitution that they (the feds) have to supress all of us out here who took the time to read the damn thing and demand that our rights be given to us. Let me quote from the constitution for a moment here...
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. That sounds pretty straigth and simple if the congress made a law which would in anyway impinge upon Shremans freedom of speach then that law is null and void. Too bad this federal judge is not living up to his oath to uphold the constitution, if I were Shermans judge I would file a motion to recuse the judge on those grounds, but hey thats just me. In closing I would like to say to all you good people out there who are speaking out against the tyranny that is taking place in the USA keep the struggle going. And to all you cowardly federal agents too scared of doing the right thing and speaking out against the orders of your corrupt superiors, grow some backbone, and to the sadistic criminals who are playing the role of defenders of justice and freedom, do us all a favor and resign.
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Dont drop the soap...

by FBI Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 4:37 PM

So you little Zack de la Rocha/bad ass anarchist wannabe...you were talking about pointing guns at us if we would raid your fucking high class parents house and yet you looked like a fucking pussie crying!

And you dont have the balls to do shit let alone start a revolution along with your anarchist social retarded friends.

I hope you dont drop the soap motherfucker!

And the rest of you...GO BACK TO YOUR MUMS WALLETS!!
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So...

by Anarchist Nerds Squasher Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 4:46 PM

So...going to jail?

Thats what you get for playing the real fucking anarchist hero when in fact you are just a angry rich tennager.

And you fucking anarchists are nothing but angry tennagers. You dont have the balls to face society (thats why you turn to silly radical politics) let alone fight the power.

Anarchists are little pussies...dont expect society to change you bastards! Change yourselfs, if you dont you will die as the typical "boring angry man with his fucking radical plans"
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Dont drop the soap

by FBI Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 4:57 PM

Thats what you get for breaking the law!

Goddam revolutionary wannabe with your filthy Zack de la Rocha looks (how surprising...) and living of your parents money.

And webmasters, why did you deleted my previous messages? Are you using our tactics now?

Anarchists are little wussies that dont have the balls to face society let alone start a revolution, its clear that they follow a silly and retarded political theory to find confort.

Dont expect society to change for you! Change yourselfs! If you dont you will die as the typical "Boring angry man with his stupid radical plans" and those people are the worst losers on the planet.

Morons...
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?

by rtf Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 6:46 PM

i'm rich?
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Huh?

by Jimmeh Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 7:16 PM

I have money? Ha, that'll be the day.
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haha

by rtf Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 7:18 PM

those fools probibly make more money than any of us would make in a life-time.

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crime?

by updater Friday, Oct. 11, 2002 at 10:26 PM

" If we he did was legal, one wonders why he was prepared to admit to having committed a crime."

Sherman didn't admit to comitting a crime. He admited to knowingling posting the information on his site. How is that a crime? That is actually perfectly legal. What's illegal is having INTENT in posting the information. The FBI say's Sherman's intent was that the information be used by him and "his followers" to disrupt events such as the IMF, WEF and Olympics. Each time Sherman was stopped at these events by law enforcements, they found nothing on him. Not even a freaking sling shot. So instead the FBI is trying to prove that Sherman's intent is the meer existance of his radical politics which see to advocate self-defense. The FBI is trying to distort shermans politics as making self-defense look like terrorism. Sherman openly advocates self-defense, so there's nothing to hide about that. He also condemns international terrorism, as you can read on his web site. The FBI is angry because they see that self defense is indeed an effective tactic amongst the oppressed, which can be used to no longer accept, and recognize the abbusive authority in power. This pisses the FBI off to a point where they have no choice but to label it as "terrorism" in order to look justified in coming after him. The FBI obviously has no problem with pigs gunning down black people time after time, or shooting rubber bullets at children and peaceful demonstrators, or cracking their batons over peoples heads. But they have a big problem when people choose to defend themselves against such blatant tyranny. This is why the FBI has decided to target Sherman, because they've decided that self-defense is now a crime. And if I remember correctly, sherman said what he did was not a crime, a crime would be teaching a man or women not to defend themselves when they are the constant victims of brutal attacks. Just because Sherman signed a plea doesn't mean he felt he comitted a crime. He was put into a corner, especially in today's "every decent is a terrorist" climate. This movement doesn't have far much the capacity that movements int he 60's had, when people like Huey, or Assata got popped by the state, and were able to get saved. Until this movement reaches that capacity, you can't blame anyone for copping a plea when they have so much at stake. This isn't a few months , it's 3-4 years. And if terrorism enhancement applies (which the judge decides) it's 20 years.

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Como

by T-Mex Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at 5:48 AM

You ask: How is that a crime?

I'm just quoting the post:

Sherman Austin went to court on Monday, Sept 30th to plead guilty to felony: 18 U.S.C. 842 (p)(2)(A):

He went to court to plead guilty to a felony. Felony means "serious crime".

So, I guess you're asking "how is a crime a crime?"


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everybody, row...

by godling Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at 5:55 AM

it seems necessary for the court to prove that he had intent to cause destruction. however, with the recent 9.11/terrorist shenanigans, i fear it may not be difficult to scare a jury into a conviction.

time will tell. i think that one of the most important things right now would be to make people aware of what's going on.


"Why do we kill people who kill people, to show killing people is wrong?" - Anon
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Anybody read th eposted info

by jc Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at 12:59 PM

The posted information is a joke. Their is far more dangerous information on the web. There is nothing in there that can make an explosive dangerous to the public. Even the part about fuel fertilizer bombs is extremely brief and filled with no more information then could have been picked up by watching the Tim McVeigh trial on CNN. Instead, the majority of the information listed is for making small explosives to be used in such ways as "making a firewall that police will not walk through". Also the link to the explosives section contais a minority of the information posted. Rather the majority of the info is about shield walls, defending protestors from arrest and that sort of thing. This whole attack on Austin is ridiculous.

For all you out their who are willing to condemn him: educate yourself about the issue. The things you are saying are ludicrous.

Sherman, keep it raised. We are all with you.
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sit around and complain?

by protest boy Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at 3:02 PM

this debate, and support for sherman is all fine and dandy; however, it is doing nothing to help his situation. i understand that we need to voice our views to others, and in this case the public is who should recieve the message. if all the public gets are the stories of this incident that the media provides, sherman will continue to look more like a criminal and less like a defender of rights. we need to find out when the trial will begin, and take to the streets. even if you just print out a bunch of stickers and slap them wherever-the-hell, your voice must sound. a public protest MUST happen at some point during the trial, and i am willing to organize some sort of group meeting in my area. please dont just sit here and talk -- if this is all that happpens the conformed idiots who have posted above will be right about resistance to this crooked faction being a joke.
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Geez.....

by thevoiceofjustice Saturday, Oct. 12, 2002 at 3:04 PM

Anybody read The Progressive in the 70s. Irwin Knoll, the publisher, outline the procedure for constructing an atomic bomb in the periodical and listed all of the components necessary to do so.

There was quite a flap about it but as I recall (and I could be wrong) Knoll wasn't convicted of anything much less serve time.

I'd say we should be supporting Sherman Austin any way we can. When is the next hearing date ?
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FUCK UP SHERMANS MOTHER

by FUCK UP SHERMAN Friday, Nov. 01, 2002 at 8:05 AM

SHERMAN IS A HACKER PIECE OF SHIT WHO LIVES OFF HIS MOMMY IN A HOUSE. THIS PIECE OF SHIT HACKED MY WEB SITE AND I MAKE UNDER 10,000 A YEAR AND LIVE IN A 1 ROOM STUDIO THATS INFESTED WITH MICE BECAUSE MY LANDLORD DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDING.. FUCK HIM AND FUCK HIS WHORE OF A MOTHER FOR SUPPORTING THE LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT
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fuck you

by rtf Sunday, Nov. 03, 2002 at 11:09 AM

fuck off you stupid right wing dumbass. I know who you are. stop posting up lies and disinformation.
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BULLSHIT

by Kev Friday, May. 02, 2003 at 6:34 AM

Yo this is such fucking bullshit. The fucking government preaches freedom of speech but then when we do express the way that we feel we get fucked up the ass. The fucking government is taking away our FIRST AMMENDMENT. They teach democracy but yet they show hypocracy. The whole thing is bullshit and is based on facist reviews.
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i got the evidence against the dudu

by mkj Friday, May. 02, 2003 at 4:02 PM

i got the evidence a...
largchart.jpg, image/jpeg, 600x445

using our newest carnivore info tracking system "thingamagiggy" some evidence which directly links the black guy to arab terrorist we beileve that he is operating a terrorist splinter cell (you know the ps2 game) right out of his home we have found direct links which link him directs to the big man bin laden and saddam we can only show you this evidence for right now out of fear that our sources may become exposed and besides if we tell you half the stuff we know wed have to kill you
well here is the evidence in arabis the transcripts were seized as they were traveling via e-mail

for more information about our carnivore system the link is

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/lab/carnivore/carnivore.htm

and remember we are always whatching
2003/04/28

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نتمني علي الاشقاء في العراق ان يرفضوا المساعدات الانسانية التي تبعث بها الحكومة الكويتية اليهم، تماما مثلما رفض ابناء مخيم البطولة في جنين المساعدات الامريكية وقذفوا بها في وجه اصحابها.
فالحكومة الكويتية هذه التي تتباهي وتذرف دموع التماسيح على الشعب العراقي، وتتظاهر بالتعاطف معه، هي أساس نكبته وكل ما لحق به من حصار واذلال، سواء عندما حرضت الرئيس العراقي صدام حسين لخوض الحرب ضد ايران ومولته لثماني سنوات مع شقيقتها الكبرى الحكومة السعودية، ونظمت مئات القصائد والمقالات في مدحه وتأليهه، أو عندما اوقعته في فخ الاجتياح بجشعها واستفزازاتها، وهي الأدرى بنفسيته وكرامته الشخصية العالية جدا.
الحكومة الكويتية، وبعض المحسوبين عليها، هي التي ابقت الحصار على العراق لأكثر من ثلاثة عشر عاما، تحت ذريعة الاسرى، وأخذت نصف ميناء أم قصر، الميناء العراقي الوحيد على الخليج، وعرقلت المصالحة العربية لتكريس الحصار وقتل مليون ونصف المليون من أطفال العراق.
الشعب العراقي ليس بحاجة الى مياه كويتية ولا بضعة اطنان من الدواء الكويتي، مقترنة بالتمنن والمعايرة، فهو يملك نهرين، لا نهرا واحدا، ومخزونا من الغذاء يكفيه لأشهر قادمة، ثم هناك مساعدات تأتيه من مختلف أنحاء العالم، وخاصة من الولايات المتحدة الدولة المحتلة المسؤولة بحكم القانون الدولي عن اطعامه وعلاجه وتوفير الأمن والوظائف له.
فهذه الحكومة عايرت الشعب المصري (وكل الشعوب العربية) عندما قالت ان هذا الشعب متسول، وان الكويت تدفع رواتب موظفي مصر، وطالبت مجلس امتها بوقف المساعدات المالية لسورية لأنها رفضت العدوان على العراق، وشاهدنا عبر شاشات التلفزة مناقشات برلمانية ساخنة يتمنن فيها أكثر من عضو على لبنان للوقوف الى جانبه وتقديم بضعة ملايين من الدولارات كضمانات قروض لأن السيد رفيق الحريري لم يساند موقف الكويت في استضافة مئة وخمسين ألف جندي امريكي وتخصيص ثلثي أراضيها كقاعدة انطلاق لاحتلال العراق.
لا نريد للشعب العراقي ان يواجه مثل هذا التمنن وهذه المعايرة في المستقبل القريب، مثل باقي الشعوب العربية الأخرى، كما اننا لا نتمنى عليه ان يصدر صك براءة لهؤلاء الذين دمروا وطنه واهلكوا نسله وحرثه، وساروا في جنازته، يتباكون عليه مثل اخوة يوسف عليه السلام.
فالذين عايروا عمرو موسى أمين عام الجامعة العربية بأنه موظف يتلقى راتبه ويدخن سيجاره الفخم من اموالهم، نسوا ان شعب مصر يعرف السيجار ويدخنه قبل ان تنفصل الكويت عن الوطن الأم العراق ، مثلما ينسون ان مصر هذه هي التي كانت تبعث المساعدات والبعثات التدريسية الى الكويت.
فالشيخ صباح الاحمد وزير خارجية الكويت خرج عن كل الاعراف الدبلوماسية عندما قال انه لن يطلب لقاء عمرو موسى، ولكنه لا يمانع بلقائه اذا طلب هو. سبحان الله، أمين عام الجامعة الذي يضعه منصبه في مرتبة الملوك والرؤساء هو الذي يجب ان يطلب لقاء الوزير الكويتي.. ولماذا لأنه يملك المال ويستند الى دبابة امريكية!
هذا الغرور الكويتي الرسمي يجب ان يتوقف، أو يوقف، قبل ان يتحول الى فيروس يفسد هذه الأمة، ويقودها بشكل اسرع الى الهاوية. فاليوم نرى العراق يدمر ويستعمر، وها هي الجامعة العربية تواجه الاهانات والتشكيك، وها هي سورية تواجه العقوق والحملات الصحافية.
نحن على ثقة بأن هذا الاستئساد الكويتي على هذه الأمة، والشماتة فيها وقيمها واخلاقها وعروبتها واسلاميتها، لن يدوم طويلا، لأن الأوضاع في العراق لا تسير وفق ما يشتهي حكام الكويت ويتمنون، ولو كانوا يتمتعون بالحكمة وبعد النظر، لما تصرفوا بهذه الطريقة من العنجهية والغطرسة. انها فرحة لن تدوم طويلا، كما ان شهر عسلهم مع الامريكان سيكون اقصر كثيرا مما يأملون، وربما ينقلب الى نكد ويأتي بنتائج عكسية تماما. ومرة أخرى نقول: الأيام بيننا.
Mon Apr 28 18:59:27 2003
عمرو موسي اكثر رجولة استعمل حقه السيادي في توظيف محمد الدوري كمستشار، حياه الله.

Mon Apr 28 19:17:57 2003
الأستاذ الكريم / عبد الباري عطوان حفظكم الله
الأخوة والأخوات العرب ( العرب فقط )
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
يجب أن نفرق بين الشعب العراقي الأبي بما يملكه من عزة وكرامة وبين المتامركين العراقيين وهم ما يطلق عليهم بالمعارضة .. فالشعب العراقي لن يقبل هذه المكارم المزعومة من قتلة أبنائه ونقطة انطلاق تدمير ممتلكاته وبنيته التحتية , ومن ثم وضعه تحت الاحتلال الأنجلو أمريكي – صهيوني ..
أما المتأمركين فأنهم قد اعتادوا على التسول والعيش على ما يأتيهم من أسيادهم في الشرق والغرب ولا غرابة في أن يتسابقوا لنيل عبوات مياه الخليج القادمة من الكويت العظمى ..
ويبدو ان علامات الساعة الكبرى قد أوشكت ..................
أبو ماجد – الإمارات العربية المتحدة .

Mon Apr 28 19:18:14 2003
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الاخوة القراء
نعم هذه هي المساعدات الكوتية و العربية تتدفق على العراق الشقيق من كل انحاء الوطن الكبير ثمن الخيانة العربية للعراق و شعبة وسيما المساعدات الكوتية السخية حتى انها لم تنسا الحيونات فقد مدت الحيونات العراقية في حديقة بغداد بالغذاء يالا الرافة بالحيوان و كان الشعب العراقي ليس له قيمة مقارنة بحيواناته هذا هو الكرم العربي فعلى مدى عصور الكويت تمد العرب بالاموال الطائلة نوع من انواع الكرم السخي الند بالند مع الحليق الامريكي نفس المساعدات التي تقدم الى الامريكان فقط من اجل السيطرة على الوطن العربي الكبير
شكرا للحكمات العربية شكرا للكويت و شعب الكويت على هذا السخاء المتواصل و مزيد من الكرم العربي الاصيل............ كل ما ينقصنا يوجد عند االغرب من قيم الاخوة وشكراً

البراء
Mon Apr 28 19:28:50 2003
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم...



أخي وحبيبي عبد الباري عطوان... حفظك الله...


السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

ان من أسوأ مساوئ هذا القرن أن تكون حاملا للجنسية الكويتية... مع احترامي وتقديري لكل كويتي شريف غيور على اسلامه وعروبته قصمت الحكومة الكويتية العميلة ظهره وقطعت لسانه عملا بالديمقراطية المزوعمة لديهم!!!

أتمنى لو أن تكون هناك حملة قوية منظمة نحث فيها كل العرب والمسلمين الذين يعملون في الكويت بالعودة الى ديارهم لأنها أولى بهم ولن يموت أحدا من الجوع ولا أظن أحدا يشكك في ذلك الأمر.

هؤلاء الذين تستغلهم الحكومة الكويتية يعملون في ظروف مهينة ويقطنون أحياء معزولة تماما عن باقي الأحياء التي يقطنها الكويتيون! أي أحياء من الدرجة العاشرة من حيث الخدمات. فليعد هؤلاء المستضعفين الى بلادهم ليتركوا لذاك الكويتي المتمرد شرف خدمة تنظيف الشوارع وباقي الخدمات اللتي تقدم لأسياد الكويتيين الأمريكان على حساب كرامة هؤلاء الضعفاء.

نعم يجب أن يرفض الشعب العراقي تلك الفضلات الكويتية المسمومة ويرموها في وجوههم المتغطرسة ليردوها على جوعهم. بل ويترتب عليه رفض كافة المعونات الخارجيه لأنه في قبولها نكون قد أعطينا شرعية للاحتلال الأمربكي. مايجب فعله هو المطالبة بكافة عوائد البترول لأنها تكفيهم أن يعيشوا برفاهية كاملة وبكرامتهم أيضا وحتى يمكن أن يتصدقوا ببعض الشيء للكويتيين ان لزم الأمر وأعتقد أنه سيلزم!!!


والله والله مرتين...لحفر بئر بابرتين

ونقل بحرين زاخرين ...الى صعيد بمنخلين

وكنس أرض الحجاز كلها ...في يوم عاصف بريشتين

أهون من الوقوف على لئيم(*) ...من أجل درهم أو درهمين

(*) حكام الكويت.


أخوكم أبو أنس ـ بلجيكا.



Mon Apr 28 19:29:22 2003
تكلموا ثم تكلموا ثم تكلموا...
نحن في الكويت لانعرف ماتقولون ولا يهمنى ماتقولون ولانريد ان نعرف ماتقولون
لأنه ببساطه القافله تسير.......

عبدالله العجمي_الكويت

Mon Apr 28 20:12:18 2003
الاستاذ الفاضل عبد الباري عطوان حفظه الله
تحية طيبة وبعد ،،،

نهنئكم بداية على بلوغ جريدتكم الغراء عامها الخامس عشر ، ونرجو من الله أن يمد في عمركم ويحفظكم معبرا صادقا عما يحوك في صدورنا من الام وامال.

سيدي ...
لقد انتهى عهد في العراق غير مأسوف عليه .. بطريقة لا نتمناها لعدونا .. مخزية مذلة مهينة ... نعم كان لبعض دول العرب يد طولى في هذا التغيير ... وانتم وكما قرأنا في مقالاتكم السابقة كما كثير من العرب غير أسفين على رحيله.

سيدي ..
ان حال أمتنا الان ولا شك هو اسوأ حال - حسب رأيكم - عبر تاريخها الطويل ، ومنطقيا فان ما هو قادم لا شك هو اخير وافضل .. فلم لا تبثون الأمل في نفوس الأمة وأنتم الجريدة الحرة المقروءة من صديقكم ومن يختلف معكم في الرأي ( لا أقول عدوكم ) ، الشباب في أمتنا يتطلع اليكم والى أمثالكم في بث الخير في النفوس ... وزرع الأمل في العقول ...

سيدي ..
ما طالعناه في افتتاحيتكم أعلاه لا يقود الا الى مزيد من الخلاف والفرقة، والاحقاد والتشنجات ولا يخدم احدا البتة... لذا نرجوكم يا استاذنا الفاضل وأنتم تبدأون عاما جديدا في صحيفتكم أن تذكروا بعزة امتنا لا ذلها وبخيرها لا بشرها فالخير قادم لا محالة أو كما قال رسولنا الكريم " الخير في وفي امتي الى يوم الدين".

ودمتم ذخرا وسندا،،،

وتحية الى جميع الاحوة والأخوات المشاركين في هذا المنبر الحر من فلسطين والكويت والعراق والاردن ومن المحيط الى الخليج.

أخوكم / ناصر عبد العزيز الفاتح - استراليا
Mon Apr 28 20:12:38 2003
الى عبدالرحمن الكويتي

أحييك أولا بتحية الاسلام وبعد:

أرجو أن تكون فعلا باحثا سياسيا ولكن تتكلم وتكتب بصوت الخق لابصوت حكامكم سواء من آل الصباح أو الأمريكان...

عندما يكون الرأي الآخر معارضا في الرأي فقط فمرحبا به، أما أن يكون رأيا هداما لكل القيم والمعايير، يسيء الى سمعة الاسلام، يضرب عرض الحائط كل مافيه خير ومستقبل الشعوب العربية والاسلامية ويصب في مصلحة أعداء الأمة الاسلامية، هذا الرأي شرعا مرفوض لأنه سبب الفتنة والبلاء. أعطني دليلا واحدا من القرآن الكريم أو السنة تبيح لكم أن تجعلوا أراضيكم منطلقا لابادة شعب مسلم برمته لأناقشك فيه، وصدري مفتوح للنقاش البناء الذي ينطلق من صميم الحرص على مصلحة الأمة الاسلامية.

أتمنى أن تكتب بضمير المسلم الغيور على عروبته واسلامه لابحبر وأفكار الحكام العملاء ولا أقول بضميرهم لأنهم يفتقدونه.

أبو أنس ـ بلجيكا

2003/04/26

عبد الباري عطوان

اليوم الســبت تدخل القدس العربي عامها الخامس عشر، قوية شابة، طمــــوحة، تغرد خارج سرب الاستسلام، وتدافع عن قضايا الأمة، وعقــيدتها الاسلامية السمحاء، وتخوض معاركها من خـــندق الكرامة والشرف، وكل القيم الاخلاقية الرفيعة.
تجربة مرهقة بكل المقاييس واجهنا خلالها، وما زلنا، الكثير من الأزمات والصعاب، مثلما واجهنا التهديدات، وحملات التشكيك، ولكننا واصلنا مسيرتنا، نعض على الجراح، مستهدين دائما ببوصلة قضايانا العادلة، وتراثنا العربي الاسلامي الخالد والحافل بمئات، وربما آلاف النماذج الجهادية المشرفة.
اخترنا منذ اليوم الأول للصدور ان نقف ضد الفساد ونهب المال العام ومصادرة الحريات، واهدار كرامة المواطن، وسلب حقوقه، وطالبنا، وما زلنا نطالب، بالديمقراطية والمحاسبة، وتوسيع دائرة المشاركة في السلطة، والتوزيع العادل للثروة بين ابناء الوطن الواحد اولا، ثم بين ابناء المنطقة، لأنه لا يمكن ان يجوع المصري او السوري او اليمني، بينما هناك من دول الجوار من يكنز الملايين ويستثمرها في اوروبا وامريكا، ويوفر الوظائف لابناء هذه الدول المتخمين، بينما هناك عشرات الملايين لا يجدون قوت يومهم.
وهذا الخيار، الذي هو من ابسط الخيارات، ومحور اجماع ابناء الأمة جميعا، كلفنا الكثير، وعانينا بسببه الكثير، من انظمة الفساد والقمع والديكتاتورية، وبعض المدافعين عنها، مصادرة، ومنعا، وتهديدا، ولكننا سنظل متمسكين به، لأنه هو المخرج الوحيد لهذه الأمة من هزائمها وانكساراتها.
عشنا في ظل الديكتاتورية وانظــــمة الفساد لأكـــــثر من نصف قرن، فماذا حصـــدنا غير الفــقر والتخلف والقمع، وانعدام الخــدمات الاساسية، ونشوء طبقة من اقارب الحكام وابنائهم تنهب الاموال، وتحتكر الأعمال، وتمارس السلب والنهب في وضح النهار، بينما المواطن المسحوق يزداد فقرا وجوعا وقهرا.
الجندي الامريكي يقاتل في العراق وينتصر لأن رئيسه يصل الى الحكم في انتخابات عادلة، ولأن هناك مؤسسات ديمقراطية تضع مصلحة مواطنها فوق كل اعتبار، بينما يتخصص الجندي الرسمي العربي في الهرب والقاء السلاح، لأن رئيسه مرتش، وضابطه غارق في الفساد والأعمال الخاصة، واشقاءه قابعون في السجون لسنوات، دون محاكمات، ان لم يكونوا قد قتلوا او اعدموا.
طالبنا بالاصلاحات الاقتصادية والسياسية والاجتماعية مبكرا حتى لا نصل الى ما وصلنا اليه حاليا، من حالة بائسة، حيث يرتمي معظم الزعماء العرب عند اقدام الحاكم الامريكي راكعين، طالبين الغفران، وسائلين عن الأوامر والتوجيهات ومتوسلين ومتسولين رضاه وعطفه، وهم الذين يستأسدون على المواطن ويزجون به في السجون، لأنه يطالب بأبسط حقوقه في العيش الكريم.
نعترف اننا تطرفنا في مواقفنا هذه في بعض الاحيان، وتجاوزنا خطوطا حمراء، وخرجنا عن مألوف بعض الصحف الاخرى، واختلفنا مع انظمة لا يختلف معها احد لسطوتها المالية او الأمنية، ولكن ما هي قيمة الصحافة اذا ما قبلت بخطوط الانظمة الفاسدة الحمر، وصمتت على اذلال الانسان العربي في اقبية اجهزة المخابرات، واشاحت بوجهها عن عمليات نهب المال العام، ومصادرة الحريات؟
وحتى في خلافنا مع الانظمة الفاسدة التزمنا بكل القواعد المهنية والموضوعية، ولم نخرج مطلقا عن الاعراف والقيم العربية والاسلامية، ولكنها، او بعض الاقلام المحسوبة عليها، لم تكن كذلك للأسف، وهذا لا يضيرنا على اي حال&
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This Prosecution...

by Diogenes Friday, May. 02, 2003 at 8:05 PM

is a rank obscenity against the Constitution. I have never
been a big fan of Sherman's Web Site. A little too strident
and over the top for my taste.

However, I support unreservedly his right to express his
opinions.
What has transpired in this persecution is nothing more
than legalized extortion. It is a clear violation of the First
Amendment and the Judge should be ridden out of town
on a Rail - after a sufficient quantity of Tar and Feathers
have been applied.
Perhaps a good 6 inches would suffice.
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mr

by tim Wednesday, Aug. 06, 2003 at 10:21 PM

its already here http://freenetproject.org
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