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NYCLAW ANTIWAR DIGEST -- 11.06.08
by NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
Thursday, Nov. 06, 2008 at 10:07 PM
nyclaw01@gmail.com
"The basic difference is going to be style."
NYCLAW -- New York City Labor Against the War
NYCLAW Antiwar Digest
November 6, 2008
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CONTENTS
*TWO DAYS AFTER
*WHAT IS RAHM EMANUEL?
*AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
*IRAQ
*NYCLAW LINKS
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Symbolism v. Substance
Celebrating the end of the ugly Bush era is one thing. Celebrating the
continuation of their policies with a different administration in the
White House is quite another.
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380
A Matter of Style
"The
basic difference is going to be style," said Edward Walker, a former
U.S. diplomat who is now a scholar at the Washington-based Middle East
Institute.
http://www.freep.com/article/20081106/NEWS15/81106086
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WHAT IS RAHM EMANUEL?
Under the Hood
Emanuel's
made it a point to cozy up to big business, making him one of the most
effective corporate fundraisers in the Democratic Party. He's also a
staunch advocate of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories. . .
. Emanuel's shinning moment came in 2006 as he helped funnel money and
poured ground support into the offices of dozens of conservative
Democrats, expanding his party's control of the House of
Representatives. Emanuel, who supports the War on Terror, and expanding
our presence in Afghanistan, worked hard to ensure that a Democratic
House majority would not alter the course of US military objectives in
the Middle East.
http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/19380
Son of Irgun Terrorist, a Hardline Zionist
Rahm
Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959, the son of Benjamin
Emanuel, a pediatrician who helped smuggle weapons to the Irgun, the
Zionist militia of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, in the
1940s. The Irgun carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian
civilians including the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in
1946. . . . One of the most influential politicians and fundraisers in
his party, Emanuel accompanied Obama to a meeting of AIPAC's executive
board just after the Illinois senator had addressed the pro-Israel
lobby's conference last June. . . . In Congress, Emanuel has been a
consistent and vocal pro-Israel hardliner, sometimes more so than
President Bush.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9939.shtml
Top Recipient of Wall Street Money
Rep.
Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois congressman who was an aide in the Clinton
White House, was the top House recipient in the 2008 election cycle of
contributions from hedge funds, private equity firms and the larger
securities/investment industry
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?92ff77a3-e51f-4b6a-8f98-fc2b420a7f87
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AFGHANISTAN & PAKISTAN
The Beat Goes On: More Atrocity as Afghanistan Braces for Obama's Surge
The
Democratic candidate's stated polices on the conflict dovetail exactly
with those of Rove, Bush and McCain: Thousands of more troops. More
military hardware. More drone missile strikes, not only in Afghanistan
but in Pakistan as well.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m48559&hd=&size=1&l=e
Taliban Warns Obama Against Escalation
"Till
the time American forces leave Afghanistan and Iraq, and till the US
pressure on the Pakistan government is maintained, the change in
America's leadership will be a meaningless thing."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm
Pakistanis Skeptical About Obama
"Like every Pakistani, I feel scared of his intentions to attack our tribal areas."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7711068.stm
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IRAQ
Iraqis Worry About Obama
"We have seen nothing positive from any American president, and McCain and Obama are two faces of one coin, one policy."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20081105/wl_mcclatchy/3092953
Iraq Puppet Regime Confident Obama Won't Withdraw Troops Quickly
Obama has "reassured us that he would not take any drastic or dramatic decisions."
http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=443331
Iraq Vet Calls on Antiwar Movement to Press Obama for Immediate Withdrawal
I'm
very excited about what an Obama candidacy -- or Obama presidency, the
kind of racial unity it can bring, but I'm worried that people in this
country believe he is truly going to be an antiwar president, and he's
not. . . . If we want to see peace, the people need to get out and make
that a reality. And they're going to do that by supporting service
members refusing to deploy to Iraq. They're going to do that by
opposing Barack Obama's narrative of Afghanistan as somehow being good.
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/5/iraq_vet_calls_on_antiwar_movement
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