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> Background: AIPAC and the Iraqi opposition > > By Nathan Guttman > WASHINGTON - An unusual visitor was invited to address the > annual conference held last week in Washington by AIPAC, > the pro-Israeli lobby in the United States: the head of > the Washington office of the Iraqi National Congress, > Intifad Qanbar. The INC is one of the main opposition > groups outside Iraq... Noasalira, A few days ago, someone with a .gov.il address posted an article here by Barry Rubin - a notorious pro-zionist propagandist. It a was poorly thought out rant about the Arab press - and the Arab world. Did you see it? Now you post a lengthy piece about the relationship between the 'pro-Israeli lobby' AIPAC and Mr. Chalabi's INC - and the machinations they are cooking up for a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. The author, Nathan Guttman, also explained that Judaism in general and Conservative rabbis in particular approve of preemptive war. That's comforting to know. But what did you have in mind when you posted this? And why should CASI be concerned right now about the interests of pro-zionist groups and the opportunistic INC? Why Noasalira? Why? At this very moment USUK military are shooting at everything that moves in Iraq - children, women and men. The storm into houses, like the Israeli military, and force people at gun point on their knees. Hospitals are overflowing and there is no medicine. In short, innocent civilians are being killed, maimed, harassed, and traumatized. All our emphasis should be on this, I think - inside and outside CASI. What is needed is some empathy in a very brutal world. And you can only generate empathy by talking about what is going on in Iraq right now. Instead CASI is being swamped with articles from the US and UK mainstream press that have no bearing on the suffering of the Iraqi people - or on the injustice that is being committed. Shouldn't articles that relate to neither be submitted to Peter Brooke for selection? And couldn't you try to turn your heart to the Iraqi people right now? Perhaps you could tell your own thoughts and feelings about what is going on? Forgive me if I sound unreasonable - I probably am. But I feel what is needed now is compassion, not reason. And it made me very sad and angry to see this posted here - right on top of the Rubin rant. This is no way to create compassion. In sadness, Elga Sutter -------------Original Message------------- From: Noasalira@aol.com Subject: [casi] Background: AIPAC and the Iraqi opposition Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:56:28 EDT [10] http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=281270 Background: AIPAC and the Iraqi opposition By Nathan Guttman WASHINGTON - An unusual visitor was invited to address the annual conference held last week in Washington by AIPAC, the pro-Israeli lobby in the United States: the head of the Washington office of the Iraqi National Congress, Intifad Qanbar. The INC is one of the main opposition groups outside Iraq, and its leaders consider themselves natural candidates for leadership positions in the post-Saddam Hussein era. Qanbar's invitation to the conference reflects a first attempt to disclose the links between the American Jewish community and the Iraqi opposition, after years in which the two sides have taken pains to conceal them. [rest deleted] _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk