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America must respect law at home, abroad
Bush trotted out his Iraqi puppet, Iyad Allawi, to echo his macho talk that all is well, even while Iraq is burning.
Americans and, more so, Iraqis are dying in record numbers. Foreigners are being kidnapped and beheaded. Oil pipelines are being blown up. The American plan to regain control of one-third of Iraq after the Nov. 2 election can only stoke more terrorism in the interim.
Notwithstanding the Bush-Allawi duet, the world is demonstrably not safer without Saddam Hussein. Iraqi insurgent attacks are not linked to the January elections, because terrorists don't care.
Allawi, a bully and a CIA agent ruling Iraq from an American bunker in Baghdad, is not a harbinger of democracy.
Americans and, more so, Iraqis are dying in record numbers. Foreigners are being kidnapped and beheaded. Oil pipelines are being blown up. The American plan to regain control of one-third of Iraq after the Nov. 2 election can only stoke more terrorism in the interim.
Notwithstanding the Bush-Allawi duet, the world is demonstrably not safer without Saddam Hussein. Iraqi insurgent attacks are not linked to the January elections, because terrorists don't care.
Allawi, a bully and a CIA agent ruling Iraq from an American bunker in Baghdad, is not a harbinger of democracy.
George W. Bush. John Kerry.
Yaser Hamdi. Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. Cat Stevens.
The last two may affect the political fortunes of the first two.
The British singer was turned back from the United States because "his activities could be potentially linked to terrorism."
So vague was the charge against the peace activist who condemned 9/11 that the British foreign secretary filed a complaint with Colin Powell.
In 2000, Islam was barred from Israel for a 1988 donation to a clinic run by Hamas, since declared a terrorist group. By that measure, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin et al can be refused entry to America because they once permitted such funding.
Islam has been a frequent visitor to America, the last time in spring. Welcomed in May, deemed dangerous in September!
If his saga illustrates the Orwellian nature of George W. Bush's America, Hamdi's shows how autocratic it has become.
Born in America to Saudi parents, Hamdi was caught in Afghanistan, declared an "enemy combatant" and held incommunicado in America for two years.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he and others had a right to a hearing. Instead, the administration struck a deal to let him go off to Saudi Arabia.
One moment, he's so dangerous his lawyer can't be told his crimes. The next, he's benign enough to be freed.
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Yaser Hamdi. Yusuf Islam, a.k.a. Cat Stevens.
The last two may affect the political fortunes of the first two.
The British singer was turned back from the United States because "his activities could be potentially linked to terrorism."
So vague was the charge against the peace activist who condemned 9/11 that the British foreign secretary filed a complaint with Colin Powell.
In 2000, Islam was barred from Israel for a 1988 donation to a clinic run by Hamas, since declared a terrorist group. By that measure, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin et al can be refused entry to America because they once permitted such funding.
Islam has been a frequent visitor to America, the last time in spring. Welcomed in May, deemed dangerous in September!
If his saga illustrates the Orwellian nature of George W. Bush's America, Hamdi's shows how autocratic it has become.
Born in America to Saudi parents, Hamdi was caught in Afghanistan, declared an "enemy combatant" and held incommunicado in America for two years.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he and others had a right to a hearing. Instead, the administration struck a deal to let him go off to Saudi Arabia.
One moment, he's so dangerous his lawyer can't be told his crimes. The next, he's benign enough to be freed.
Read More
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