Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3400-1003987726-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:30:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 11117 invoked by uid 510); 25 Oct 2001 05:28:12 -0000 Received: from n14.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.64) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 05:28:12 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3400-1003987726-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by n14.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 25 Oct 2001 05:29:44 -0000 X-Sender: ozair_rasheed@geocities.com X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 25 Oct 2001 05:28:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 97429 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2001 05:28:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 25 Oct 2001 05:28:45 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO proxy) (208.242.128.175) by mta1 with SMTP; 25 Oct 2001 05:28:40 -0000 Received: from ozair ([192.168.1.99]) by proxy with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.1600); Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:26:28 +0500 To: "Info War" <iwar@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <005601c15d17$629ef4a0$6301a8c0@crestech.com> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Oct 2001 05:26:29.0622 (UTC) FILETIME=[99A09960:01C15D15] From: "Mohammad Ozair Rasheed" <ozair_rasheed@geocities.com> X-Yahoo-Profile: ozair_rasheed Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:39:15 +0500 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] Media's role in war Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit http://www.dawn.com/2001/10/25/op.htm#4 Media's role in war By Eric S. Margolis In war, said Napoleon, the moral element and public relations are half the battle. And that was before radio and television. For the first time, a Mideastern antagonist of the United States - Osama bin Laden - has not only mastered public relations, but is using the media as a potent weapon against the world's mightiest military and media power. Washington had planned to repeat in Afghanistan the success it enjoyed during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq, when the Pentagon monopolized, filtered, and shaped all news coming from the theatre of operations. To this day, the number of Iraqis killed by US bombing remains secret. However, researchers have just learned through the Freedom of Information Act that the US government expressly destroyed Iraq's sewage and water treatment facilities, apparently knowing full well the result would be widespread disease and epidemics. In short, biological warfare. The US refuses to allow Iraq to import chlorine to purify water, claiming that the chemical could be used as a military weapon. Iraq's inability to purify its drinking water continues to spread sickness across that blighted nation. According to the UN, 500,000 Iraqis, mostly children, have died from disease and malnutrition caused by US sanctions. Thousands more Iraqis are suspected to have gotten cancers from US depleted uranium munitions. When asked about this huge toll, then US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright memorably replied, "the price is worth it." One cannot but wonder if the anthrax terror now afflicting America is payback. Israel's American supporters are currently beating the war drums over Iraq. Such pro-Israel loudspeakers as 'The Wall Street Journal' and 'The Washington Post' have been straining every sinew to link the September 11 attacks against the US to Iraq. Their intent is plain: to push the United States into attacking Iraq, which is considered a major long-term threat to Israel. The Israel lobby wants to see Iraq demolished, Saddam Hussein killed, and partitioned into three weak mini-states. Israel's American lobby is ready to fight to the last American to destroy Iraq. In Afghanistan, the Taliban stole a march on the US by giving Al-Jazeera, the Arab world's only uncensored TV station, exclusive coverage. Bin Laden uses Al-Jazeera and Pakistani media to promote his anti-US cause and challenge America's control of information. As a result, the White House is trying to silence bin Laden by the disgraceful recourse of censoring America's media. The president of a democracy whose very essence is founded in free speech has asked the media to silence bin Laden and his allies under the laughable pretext that by wiggling an ear or rubbing a nose they communicate information to Muslim terrorists lurking in the United States. This would be comical were it not such a threat to the basic freedom of all Americans. Almost as shameful, much of the US media has cooperated, reducing its role from useful critics to public relations hacks.-Copyright Eric S. Margolis 2001. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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