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US warns citizens to keep clear of Guantanamo protests
"I received a fairly disturbing message from the US Embassy in Brussels yesterday, a high-importance mass email warning all American citizens in Belgium not to go near a small Amnesty International demonstration that is happening this afternoon. It's so unbelievable, I produce it here:"
"Of course, consumed by primary fever, the US media are probably going to miss the Guantanamo anniversary altogether. Too bad. It's a good opportunity to examine how conflict has been used to justify the serious erosion of human rights in recent years. The depressing thing is, developments have gone so far that the government can now put out a disturbingly absurd statement, and no one takes any notice because the disturbingly absurd has become commonplace."
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/3159/2008/00/11-101609-1.htm
"I received a fairly disturbing message from the US Embassy in Brussels yesterday, a high-importance mass email warning all American citizens in Belgium not to go near a small Amnesty International demonstration that is happening this afternoon. It's so unbelievable, I produce it here:"
"Of course, consumed by primary fever, the US media are probably going to miss the Guantanamo anniversary altogether. Too bad. It's a good opportunity to examine how conflict has been used to justify the serious erosion of human rights in recent years. The depressing thing is, developments have gone so far that the government can now put out a disturbingly absurd statement, and no one takes any notice because the disturbingly absurd has become commonplace."
http://www.alertnet.org/db/blogs/3159/2008/00/11-101609-1.htm
