NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War

December 20, 2008

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46 DAYS AFTER


Another War Criminal Picked as Spy Chief
"Blair sought the quickest possible restoration of military assistance, despite Indonesia's highly destructive exit and the failure, which continues to this day, to prosecute the senior officials who oversaw the violence."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/18/AR2008121803864.html

Anti-Gay Minister Picked for Inauguration
Translated out of press-conference-speak, though, that basically means: "I know you're upset. Too bad."
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/19/rick_warren/

Right-wing Columnist Celebrates Obama's Exclusion of Leftist Supporters
Boy, were they wrong. . . . He uses supporters like toilet paper - and he's quick to flush. Not yet inaugurated, he's already running for re-election.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12192008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_left_bereft_144860.htm

UFPJ Rejects National Antiwar Protest
"[UFPJ leaders] will obfuscate a little bit, but I think in the long run, they are moving away from an antiwar position, and they are going to be losing a lot of people who are interested in building an antiwar movement."
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/sr191208.html



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AFGHANISTAN



As U.S. Raid Kills More Civilians, Kerry Calls for Escalation
American-led forces blasted the gate of the house early on Wednesday, then fatally shot the family's father and mother and a male relative. . . . [T]he Khost raid coincided with a visit to Afghanistan by Senator John Kerry, Democrat of Massachusetts, who said the United States needed to win local support for the war.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/world/asia/19afghan.html?ref=world

Pakistanis Protest U.S. Supply Line Into Afghanistan
"We will no longer let arms and ammunition pass through . . . and reach the hands of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. They are using the same against our innocent brothers, sisters and children."
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD95559B00




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IRAQ




Video: Iraqi Journalist's Family Denies "Apology," Demands Release
http://baghdadbureau.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/19/video-iraqi-journalists-family-asks-for-his-release/

Generals Ignore Withdrawal
[W]ithdrawal of all combat forces under the generals' recommendations would not come until some time after May 2010, Mr. Obama's target.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/us/politics/18military.html?_r=1&hp

Is Obama a Changed Man?
When it comes to Iraq, the next president of the United States is starting to sound remarkably like . . . the current one.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/20/a-changed-man/




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PALESTINE



Gaza in Crisis Video on Youtube -  December 2008
The following video describes in pictures and words  the shocking details of Israel's deliberate ravaging of Palestinian life and society in Gaza.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DSzn7XLLM7c

Siege-Busters Answer P.A. Slander: We Do Not Ask Permission
We do not need Israel's permission and we will never ask for it. We do need President Abbas, the Arab world, and the entire international community to join us.
http://www.freegaza.org/index.php?module=latest_news&id=041f02d610102ad412c3f92ec140d2af&offset=

G.I. Resisters Support Israeli Conscientious Objectors
We are U.S. military servicemembers and veterans who have refused or are currently refusing to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan. We stand in solidarity with the Israeli Shministim (Hebrew for 12th graders) who are also resisting military service.
http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/twenty-four-us-resisters-supporting-israeli-conscientious-objectors-20081218.html

My expulsion from Israel
By attacking the observer rather than what is observed, Israel plays a clever mind game. It directs attention away from the realities of the occupation, practising effectively a politics of distraction.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/dec/19/israel-palestinian-territories-united-nations

Once a Political Riser, an Israeli Challenges His Country's Identity
"What does it mean that Jews define themselves by genetics 60 years after genetics were used against them?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/20/world/middleeast/20burg.html?ref=world



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GREECE



Video: 12.18 Protest in Athens
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/greece191208.html



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