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Grand Rapids Court Interpreter Targeted and Threatened by Police for Involvement in Anti-War Demonstrations

Brian McAfee | Media Monitors Network | April 9, 2004

"Demonstrator Abby Puls, 24, a Spanish interpreter at the Kent County Courthouse was singled out by undercover police officers and told she could be fired for 'choosing sides', she was also threatened with arrest for 'hindering and opposing' police if she identified any of them. Grand Rapids police chief Harry Dolan confirmed Puls's statement saying he feared for his officers' safety at peace demonstrations." [more]

On the Greater Middle East

Mohamed Sid-Ahmed | Media Monitors Network | March 1, 2004

"The expansion of the geographical boundaries of the region dilutes the importance of the Palestinian problem and demotes it from its central position on the political stage of the Middle East to a marginal position as just one of several "hot" issues plaguing a much wider region. Moreover, given Washington's fixation on terrorism, it could well use the new rationale to classify the Palestinian struggle for nationhood as just one more example of the terrorism that is widely propagated throughout the greater Middle East." [more]

U.N. Spying and Evasions of American Journalism

Norman Solomon | Media Monitors Network | February 27, 2004

"For 51 weeks -- from the day that the Observer newspaper in London broke the news about spying at the United Nations until the moment that British prosecutors dropped charges against Gun on Wednesday -- major news outlets in the United States almost completely ignored the story." [more]

Invading Iraq to Appease Bin Laden

Ahmed Amr | Media Monitors Network | February 26, 2004

"It now appears that appeasing Bin Laden was a major part of the neo-con sales pitch to the White House. Congressman Christopher Shays... made a startling revelation about the war party’s marketing strategy. In an attempt to deflect a question over the non-existent WMDs, he gave away part of the neo-con arguments presented to key decision makers. 'We knew we needed to get out of Saudi Arabia, that was one of the contentions of Osama bin Laden. We knew we needed to bring peace between the Palestinians and Israelis. We could not do that as long as Saddam Hussein existed.'" [more]

Anatomy of Terror

John Chuckman | Media Monitors Network | February 13, 2004

"Terror is both a real phenomenon and a fraud ... The United States has made a long series of blunders in the Middle East guaranteed to offend and intimidate Muslims, especially fundamentalists, the people from whom an organization like al Qaeda draws support. These blunders must be seen in the context of an almost irrational support for Israel's bloodiest behavior." [more]

Media Sizzle for An Army of Fun

Norman Solomon | Media Monitors Network | July 8, 2002

" 'Basically,' says a male reservist, 'I get to play James Bond in the Army. I participate in stuff like conducting liaison interviews with potential spies. I love my job. It'll also help in my civilian job in that I work a lot with computers.' A female soldier, identified as 'interrogator' and 'Spanish linguist,' also beams with pride as she offers an explanation to the camera: 'I can't really tell you a lot about the job, 'cause it is secret.' " [more]

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