John Pilger

The saving of one little boy must not be a cover for the crime of this war

İşin garip ve gülünç yanı şu: Irak nükleer silahlarını elde tutsaydı işgal muhtemelen gerçekleşmeyecekti. Bush ve Blair'le arası bozuk olan bütün devletlerin alması gereken ders bu: Çabuk nükleer silahlar edinin!... Pilger'in kalemi söze dökülmeyen ırkçılık ve ortadaki gerçekler üzerine.

We now glimpse the forbidden truths of the invasion of Iraq. A man cuddles the body of his in-fant daughter; her blood drenches them. A woman in black pursues a tank, her arms outstretched; all seven in her family are dead.

We had a great day," said Sgt Eric Schrumpf of the US Marines last Saturday. "We killed a lot of people."

"Müzisyenlerin insanlara savaşı durdurmaları için bilgi ve esin kaynağı olabileceğine" inanan Avustralyalı yapımcı Kelly & Mudge'ın "Peace Not War" adlı toplama albümünde 30'un üzerinde topluluk yer alıyor. The Unpeople grubu, şarkı sözlerine John Pilger'in yazdıklarını uyarlamış.

Today is a day of shame for the British military as it declares the Iraqi city of Basra, with a stricken population of 600,000, a "military target".

What is heartening is the apparent demise of "anti-Americanism" as a respectable means of stifling recognition and analysis of American Imperialism.

As the world protests against war, we hear again the lies of old. "A painful decision," say the supporters of an invasion. But it is not they who will feel the pain: it will be the Iraqi infants writhing in the dust when the cluster bombs fall

It is not possible to overstate the significance and urgency of the march and demonstration against an unprovoked British and American attack on Iraq, a nation with whom we have no quarrel and who offer us no threat.

When the Observer celebrates the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, with pictures of exhausted Iraqis "thanking" their liberators, will it explain to its readers that as many as a million people, mostly children, could not attend the festivities thanks to the barbaric policies of the British and American

William Russell, the great correspondent who reported the carnage of imperial wars, may have first used the expression "blood on his hands" to describe impeccable politicians who, at a safe distance, order the mass killing of ordinary people.

The government of John Howard has issued full-page advertisements calling on Australians to protect their "friendly, decent society" from terrorists within by spying on each other.

Something Is Stirring Amongst The People

John Pilger on why we should take to the streets and demand that a great crime is not committed against humanity

The pro-Israel lobby intimidates journalists to ensure that most coverage remains biased in its favour

If you want to know how George W Bush will go about getting international support for war, look at how his father did it 12 years ago.

Last October, in the early hours of the morning, a young expectant mother called Fatima Abed-Rabo awoke with intense labour pains; and she and her husband Nasser set out in a friend's car for the hospital in Bethlehem, in Israeli occupied Palestine.

"En önemli tabu, ABD'nin hem terörist devlet, hem de terörist cenneti olarak daha ne kadar varlığını sürdüreceğinin sorgulanmasıdır" diyor John Pilger: "Beklenen saldırının, Washington ve Londra'dan idare edilen propagandanın tersine, Saddam Hüseyin'in 'kitle imha silahları' (eğer gerçekten varsa bi