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Hi Nathan & all, Her speech did indeed sound like an inspired piece of improvisation. A copy of the speech was in Hathal's last news compilation, archived at http://www.ex-parrot.com/casi/discuss/2000/642.html . The second news item there is also relevant. best wishes, seb On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Nathan Geffen wrote: > Journalist, Alexander Coburn made a stirring appeal for Iraq on SAFM, South > Africa's most serious news radio station this morning. > > Unfortunately, I was half-asleep when the report started, but it seemed to > be about a Palestinian woman who made a speech at an American University > Graduation ceremony attended by Madelaine Albright. She absolutely crushed > Albright publicly by the sound of it, much to the delight of most of the > audience. > > It was stirring stuff, even if I wasn't completely awake. > > Can anyone fill in the details that my brain missed? > > This is the sort of brave and intelligent activism that needs to happen more > often. Coburn is quite a popular journalist. To get him talking about Iraq > is progress indeed. > > Regards, > Nathan > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq > For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk > Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: > http://welcome.to/casi > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://welcome.to/casi