September 11th Anniversary
Easy to overlook amidst the wall-to-wall images of Bush gurning in front of patriotic backdrops and the numerous docu-dramas on TV (including the rather revisionist ‘The Path to 9/11′ made by dodgy right-wingers that the BBC is currently airing), but September 11th also marks another anniversary: the 33rd anniversary of Pinochet’s US-backed military coup against Chile’s democratically elected government. Over the following years, thousands of civilians were murdered, jailed or tortured, and Chilean secret police carried out international terrorist activities (which it later emerged the CIA knew about).
Don’t get me wrong, what happened in the US five years ago was absolutely horrific, but let’s try to remember everyone whose lives have been destroyed by terrorism and the war (or ‘war’) against it.
On a slightly lighter note, News Sniffer tracks changes to BBC online articles. Some examples include accusations of US torture becoming claims of clandestine CIA activity
, and Many Palestinians feel Mr Blair has ignored their suffering
being changed to Mr Blair met with the families of captured Israeli soldiers
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Rememberance, truth, understanding and justice or…. hypocrisy, character assassinations, profiteering and propoganda. The post-Gilligan neutered Beeb is making Sky news appear to be the voice of reason at the moment so watch Loose Change instead. Nice to see Cheney and friends officially exposed as wacko conspiracy theorists concerning Saddam and Al Qaeda this week. Perhaps an R. Kelly musical version of events (filmed ‘inside’ Blues Brothers stylee) will salve the pain.