Finally!!!

The spamming/hacking of AlJezzera's English site was despicable. The new site still appears to have bugs in it because I have been unable to get the text behind the headlines. I hope they keep trying to get the whole truth out there about the slaughter going on in Iraq. The US media tends to ignore that even the Iraqi troups have fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters who grieve for them also...

I sure do hate when my Arab Islamic propaganda goes down.

...but that does NOT mean all of use feel the same way. Eric, have you considered just sitting in front of the boob-tube all day and listening to MTV. That seems to be more your speed.

The fallacy that there's only two sides to a story, ours and theirs.

Here's another side:

How many died?

According to HRW/ME, "at least fifty thousand rural Kurds ... died in Anfal alone, and very possibly the real figure was twice that number ... All told, the total number of Kurds killed over the decade since the Barzani men were taken from their homes is well into six figures." "On the basis of extensive interviews in Kurdistan and perusal of extant Iraqi documents, Shoresh Resoul, a meticulous Kurdish researcher ... conservatively estimated that 'between 60,000 and 110,000' died during [al-]Majid's Kurdish mandate," i.e., beginning shortly before Anfal and ending shortly afterwards. (Randal, After Such Knowledge ..., p. 214.) Other Kurdish estimates are even higher. "When Kurdish leaders met with Iraqi government officials in the wake of the spring 1991 uprising, they raised the question of the Anfal dead and mentioned a figure of 182,000 -- a rough extrapolation based on the number of destroyed villages. Ali Hassan al-Majid reportedly jumped to his feet in a rage when the discussion took this turn. 'What is this exaggerated figure of 182,000?' he is said to have asked. 'It couldn't have been more than 100,000' -- as if this somehow mitigated the catastrophe that he and his subordinates had visited on the Iraqi Kurds." (Iraq's Crime of Genocide, pp. 14, 230.)

Im not sure what this has to do with "al jazeera back on-line", but im sure if eric is writing,

it usually has nothing to do with the post.

Who gives a fuck how many kurds died?

Is it americas job to go flying around the world, spending the taxpayers (mostly working class)

money to bring medical supplies, food and democracy half way around the world...

When they could be used better here.

Unfortunatly, the congress spent the 28 billions dollars

that was supposed to be given to veterans benefits

to support the war and

give a 750 billion tax break for the wealthy

SystemFailure, since you are a , ahem "vet" (wink, wink) I would think that you'd know that that cut in vet benefits is nowhere near being passed yet. It is simply in the sub-commitee proposal stage. I hope its shot down quickly, but for you to lie and state that its already a passed budget measure is ridiculous. Then again, maybe you're not a vet. Hmmmm.

Here you go, Cooz.

but our village idiot obviously didn't!

he must be discussing it with his "vet" buddies"

Just because I can.... :-)

First of all

i said they passed a "resolution"

You dont think it will go thru eh?

Think again.

What are your views on the al-jazeera article.

You two posers never seem to address any issue that is under the initial post.

You fascists should get married

fresca the man whore (never in the military)

and eric will be his bitch.(watches too much discovery channel)

But enough with the AD hominem arguments which you butt-buddies love

Try addressing an issue for once.

Caught spreading your bullshit yet again. Time to quickly switch to plan B:

"Accuse the enemy of not addressing the issues."

Good continuence plan.

Typical. You're patented misuse of "ad hominem" and the predictable charge of not responding to the issues after I've clearly responded and refuted the very issue you raised. It is a "resolution". It will remain as such, until it is "passed" into legislation. And, no I doubt and hope it is not passed.

And as far as not being in the military; your point? Does the fact that neither you or I were ever in the military discredit our views?

You really DON"T know what ad hominem means, do you Failure? Look it up now and realize how you've embarrassingly misused it .

Whenever we liberals have nothing intelligent to say or add to the conversation, which is 100% of the time, we gladly accept reports from Arab state-run newscenters without question because they hate America almost as much as we do.

Lets see there stupid,(eric= {simple simons new name} ++ fascist fresca)

You continually trying to discredit my charachter by saying im not a veteran, would be considered an

"as hominem" style argument.

once again you had nothing to say about the al-jazeera article.

ps

Thanks for making yourself looks stupid in previous posts by agreeing that i used the word"passed a resolution", not passed a bill.

Geez, your dumb (ad hominem_):'}

Lets see there stupid,(eric= {simple simons new name} ++ fascist fresca)

You continually trying to discredit my charachter by saying im not a veteran, would be considered an

"as hominem" style argument.

once again you had nothing to say about the al-jazeera article.

ps

Thanks for making yourself looks stupid in previous posts by agreeing that i used the word"passed a resolution", not passed a bill.

Geez, your dumb (ad hominem_):'}