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Who we want to bomb

by AP via The Times of India
The people who will really be hurt by any war in Afghanistan
afghan_mother_and_child.jpg
Mother & Child
An Afghan woman feeds her child while begging at the Karkhana market on the outskirts of Peshawar, near Pakistan's northwestern frontier to Afghanistan, Monday, September 24, 2001. Afghans, who fled internal conflicts at home, have been gathering at refugee camps in Pakistan. International aid agencies are expecting the massive exodus of refugees to increase once the US moves closer to a retaliation against the Taliban regime to capture suspected terrorist, the Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden. (AFP Photo/Tariq Mahmood)
by suddenley enlightened child
HE (BUSH) IS AN EVIL FORCE. HE COOKED UP THIS PHONY CORPORATE WAR JUST SO HE COULD incinerate the innocents IN THE TURD WORLD!!!. HE HATES people of COLOR! HE is a COW BOY who likes to rope CATTLE!

THE USA SHOULD NUKE ITS SELF IMMEDIATELY!!!
by Slacker65 (A24X7)
Thanks for featuring this photo...it really got to me when I saw it.

The pic was lifted from The Times of India, as indicated, but came from the AFP, not AP. Sorry, AFP...

Also, on a personal note, the day after lifting this from the Times website, I went back for more. I discovered that this photo (along with others like the one urging Americans to think about why they're hated around the world) had been removed. Additionally, The Times of India had imposed a registry for all persons wishing to view their photo gallery. In other words, they would be able to track whomever browsed their gallery.

This is not the first time that a source I have utilized has suffered censorship following exposure on Indy. It also happened with The Kathmandu Post (kantapuronline.com) in June 2001 following the royal massacre in Nepal. I sourced them, someone noticed, and there went my unbiased source. I offer this to others so that they will know that it is only possible to go to the well once; after that, the journalistic water will usually be tainted.

I apologize for any heat and unwanted attention I may have brought upon the courageous journalists, photographers and editors from whom I have borrowed extensively in order to promote peace and justice. I have considered keeping my sources anonymous, but that stinks of plagarism. It is a dilemna we all face: credibility vs. security. If anyone has advice on how to keep sources secure from the censors, while still giving them credit, please email me.

One Earth, One People! One People, One Earth!
by Sam Lowry (Sam [at] neyt.net)
Sorry, no conspiracy here. The image has simply been aded to their photo gallery:

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=33842295&artid=33842745&Type=0

and

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articlelist.asp?Catkey=14582101&CurPg=14&Type=0&T1=

There also is no subtext to their new registration requirement. They are looking to launch an email service, and this is one way of getting people to sign up. If you don't want them to track you, then simply lie or sign up with a bogus email address.

I highly doubt anyone at India Times saw your posting on Indymedia and immediately censored the image. If this was the case, why would they leave such images as:

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=34870676&artid=34788986&Type=0

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=34777674&artid=34760966&Type=0

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=34565268&artid=34563728&Type=0

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=34383964&artid=34373539&Type=0

http://images.photogallery.indiatimes.com//articleshow.asp?votid=34368780&artid=34367630&Type=0

Please do you own research next time.
by Speak 2 Truth
The writer suggests an expected exodus from Afghanistan once US forces moved in to hunt for Osama bin Laden. I would like to express my joy that the opposite has occurred. US forces, by deposing the Taliban, removed the cause of the Afghan exodus. Afghan refugees have been pouring back into Afghanistan by the hundreds of thousands.
Laura Bush visited Afghanista two weeks ago to bring attention and aid to Afghan women's groups working to educate the society's youth, especially the girls, to bring about social change. The hope for Afghanistan's future is real. The Bush Administration has apparently not deserted the Afghan people as was done in the previous decade.
So, despite the doom and gloom predictions, the US is taking the necessary steps to fix Afghanistan as best as possible and as rapidly as cultural differences allow. This is the greatest tradition of the United States - the willingness to help those victimized by brutal regimes once those regimes are removed.
None of this gives us an excuse to make light of those who suffered directly from the war. Let us mourn their losses and pray that such action never again becomes necessary. But, let us also acknowledge that the plight of the Afghan people could not have been remedied without use of direct force against those who caused them a decade of misery, rape, pillage, starvation and flight from their homeland.
Sad but true - war is sometimes necessary to bring about peace.
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