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27376 [lbo-talk] Lew Rockwell writes... -- rank: 1000

The Joy of Looting by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [Posted April 11, 2003] Public and social authority having collapsed in Iraq, property was suddenly unprotected and available for the taking. Swept up in the euphoria of the moment, everything in sight was seized. I speak not of the mobs in Basra that stripped clean the Sheraton Hotel as the U.S. military looked tolerantly on, or the masses in Baghdad who ran away with everything not nailed down, or of the marauding gangsters who ransacked Europea ...

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Date:	Fri Apr 11 07:34:51 PDT 2003

27377 [lbo-talk] Bob Avakian- It's Time to STEP UP, Not Water Down, the Opposition -- rank: 1000

chiangching at alltel.net wrote: >by Bob Avakian Chairman of the RCP,USA So how is old Bob these days? Still in his Parisian exile? And is the Amerikkkan working class still a reactionary force? Doug

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Date:	Fri Apr 11 07:24:02 PDT 2003

27378 [lbo-talk] today in Iraq -- rank: 1000

U.S. Faces Unrest, Violence in Iraq By Hassan Hafidh BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites) grappled with looting and civil disorder, scattered gun fights, the brutal murder of a Shi'ite religious leader in a holy shrine and a suicide bomb attack on Thursday, which shattered much of the euphoria that had marked the end of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s rule. As reality set in following Wednesday's wild celebrations, the United States also faced political complications wi ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 17:44:12 PDT 2003

27379 [lbo-talk] more deaths -- rank: 1000

A Reuters headline puts it bluntly: >More Deaths as Israel Tells Palestinians: Heed Iraq

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 17:39:46 PDT 2003

27380 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions -- rank: 1000

Brad DeLong wrote: >The fact that historically the Bush family has had... close... ties >with the Al-Saud makes me think it unlikely. But George W. Bush may >well be an idiot who thinks that Arik is a friendly guy who is >fighting the same war against the PA that he is fighting against Al >Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.. Isn't that exactly what he thinks? And isn't that one of many reasons it's so scary he thinks he runs Iraq now? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 17:11:11 PDT 2003

27381 [lbo-talk] Boston Globe Reporter just reported 23-24 marines deadtoday, source is marines -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >No Democrat nominee will even promise to remove the troops from Iraq, >let alone do it. As Zizek pointed out in that lacan.com piece a few weeks ago, the Dems are going to embrace a softer version of Bushism, just like the mainstream European parties embraced Le Penism. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 16:41:32 PDT 2003

27382 [lbo-talk] academic freedom -- rank: 1000

List alum John Halle forwarded this from a Yale listserv. "For God, for country, and for Yale," as they say. >Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 2:18 PM >To: pec-list at pantheon.yale.edu >Subject: Compilation of Attacks in Past 36 hours > >The following is a list, possibly incomplete, of violent events that >have occurred on the Yale campus in the past 36 hours. Please >circulate widely. > >1) Wednesday morning - Publishing of an article on Katherine Lo, whose & ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 16:36:44 PDT 2003

27383 [lbo-talk] kurds liberate kirkuk by accident... -- rank: 1000

joanna bujes wrote: >Kurds liberate Kirkuk "by accident"; Turkey upset, US sending troops >to rectify.... > >http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-642582,00.html Interesting conclusion to the story: >n the absence of any serious coalition force in Kirkuk the city is >ripe for the taking. > >As dusk fell and the looting continued, it was a 28-year-old doctor >at the city hospital, Wisam Saood, who displayed real dignity. His >gloves were covered in b ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 16:29:59 PDT 2003

27384 [lbo-talk] Re: WBAI's ambitions -- rank: 1000

Bradford DeLong wrote: >Perhaps the most depressing sign are the actions of our dear friend >Arik, who sees the fall of Saddam Hussein as an excuse to double the >pace of west-bank settlement. I suspect that the PA's tilt toward >Saddam was large enough to give the neocons in the Bush >Administration an excuse to break every single promise about >Palestine Bush has just made Blair... Or maybe Bush approves of everything Arik is doing and then some. The Perle cabal is more comfy ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 16:27:38 PDT 2003

27385 [lbo-talk] Kinder, Kuche, Kirche -- rank: 1000

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote: >But 1.5 million is not that much it is less than 1% of adult population. In a year! In a decade, something like 10% of the adult pop. That's a lot of people. No wonder the creditors want to rewrite the law. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 15:48:14 PDT 2003

27386 [lbo-talk] Vive La France? -- rank: 1000

Carrol Cox wrote: >Wojtek joins those other sandbox warriors, Newman & Buford -- that is >those who sit on the sidelines and manipulate vast forces in their >imaginations, then jump on those who do not go along with the alliances, >pacts, united fromts outlined in the sandbox. And retired Milton profs who issue pronunciamenti from small towns in Illinois are exempt from this critique? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 15:37:41 PDT 2003

27387 [lbo-talk] Boston Globe Reporter just reported 23-24 marines dead today, source is marines -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >I acknowledge the worry, but remember that Bush's term is coming to an end >soon. Unless he wins a second term, he won't have the time to wage wars >against Syria and Iran (for various reasons, the two other countries on your >list aren't in any real danger). Ah, but all we need is a war or terrorist event in the summer of 2004, and he's back in a landslide. Maybe I'm too pessimistic. Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 15:36:35 PDT 2003

27388 [lbo-talk] Boston Globe Reporter just reported 23-24 marines dead today, source is marines -- rank: 1000

Luke Weiger wrote: >Well, yes, but for the party line to be broken down, very bad things have to >happen. I find it remarkable that opponents of the war are depressed that >it's end is in clear sight. What's depressing is that if things appear to go "well," Bush & Co. will be emboldened for further adventures. Syria, Iran, NK, Venezuela... Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 12:48:43 PDT 2003

27389 [lbo-talk] US-backed militia terrorises town: Financial Times -- rank: 1000

steve philion wrote: >If reports like this are accurate, it portends a future for the >antiwar movement as the mess unfolds Of course, CNN and Fox will be gone soon. How many followups do we see about the state of Afghanistan now? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 12:26:14 PDT 2003

27390 [lbo-talk] US-backed militia terrorises town: Financial Times -- rank: 1000

steve philion wrote: >If reports like this are accurate, it portends a future for the >antiwar movement as the mess unfolds Of course, CNN and Fox will be gone soon. How many followups do we see about the state of Afghanistan now? Doug

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Date:	Thu Apr 10 12:26:14 PDT 2003