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<<< If 'This Is Not Who We Are,' Who Are You Then? Moodhy Al-Khalaf Saturday, 8, May, 2004
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The US president had said in a prior press conference that he was 'deeply offended,' and that 'this is not who we are.' Who are you then, Mr. Bush?
Starving a nation for over 15 years, is that who you are? Bombing innocent people because of one man's actions, is that who you are?
You, too, kill innocent people for selfish reasons. Al-Qaeda in Arabic means, 'Base'. How many bases do you have around the world?
How many people do you train and pay to bomb and torture innocent people?
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Our Arabic media may not be as good as yours at making our victims more human by giving names and lives to the bloody faces and bodies we see every day. But make no mistake about it, we weep for our loss every day. We all cried when your planes bombed Baghdad.
We all screamed with rage at the pictures we saw last week. But for us Arabs it was not the pictures that exposed the atrocities going on in Iraq. We did not expect anything better, for what is to be expected from an occupying force?
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Mr. Bush, the soldiers in the pictures may not represent America, but you represent the American government. Enough said.
Copyright: Arab News
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