It's time to bring Najaf back home
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1291796,00.html
Americans have one last chance to show their opposition to this war
Naomi Klein in New York
Friday August 27, 2004
The Guardian
I've been here a week now, watching the city prepare for the
Republican national convention and the accompanying protests. Much is
predictable: tabloid hysteria about an anarchist siege; cops showing
off their new crowd-control toys; fierce debates about whether the
demonstrations will hurt the Republicans or inadvertently help them.
What surprises me is what isn't here: Najaf. It's nowhere to be found.
Every day, US bombs and tanks move closer to the sacred Imam Ali
shrine, reportedly damaging outer walls and sending shrapnel flying
into the courtyard; every day children are killed in their homes as US
soldiers inflict collective punishment on the holy city; every day,
more bodies are disturbed as US marines stomp through the Valley of
Peace cemetery, their boots slipping into graves as they use
tombstones for cover.
Naomi Klein
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