Pacific Free Press was launched in March 2007 by Dutch-Canadian Richard
Kastelein of V.O.F. Expathos, in the Netherlands along with Chris Cook- CFUV radio journalist and Editor in Chief of Pacific Free Press. Cook is based in , Victoria, British Columbia.
The site is a sister to Atlantic Free Press and Brick Ogden an American Expatriate in Amsterdam has been a key supporter of this project.
The mission of Pacific Free Press is simple: to dig out nuggets of truth from
the slag-heap of lies, ignorance and witless diversion that has buried
public discourse today. Pacific Free Press provides a new venue for
disseminating hard news and insightful, fact-based analysis of the
harsh realities too often ignored or distorted by the mainstream press.
If there is anyone left who questions the depth of the hypocrisy and the
blood lust of the American Empire, the events of the last week left little
doubt. The hanging of Saddam Hussein was greeted with unmitigated glee by
god's country. No detail was spared in describing the holiday season
execution to a hungry and receptive U.S. audience. Consider this excerpt
from the liberal (sic) media's role model, the New York Times: "At 6:10
a.m., the trapdoor swung open. He seemed to fall a good distance, but he
died swiftly. After just a minute, his body was still. His eyes still were
open but he was dead. Despite the scarf, the rope cut a gash into his neck.
His body stayed hanging for another nine minutes as those in attendance
broke out in prayer, praising the Prophet, at the death of a dictator."
(Apparently unfit to print was any mention of Hussein's former ties to the
U.S.) Indeed, what better way is there to show the world that America is
morally superior than to murder a man on global television?
Reminder: They hate us because we're free.
Competing for airtime with the erstwhile Butcher of Baghdad was one Gerald
Ford...who died peacefully at age 93. The nation dutifully mourned the
unelected president as the corporate media dusted off paeans about
post-Watergate healing. If citizens of East Timor had a say, Ford's corpse
might not be laying in state. In fact, he just may be hanging side-by-side
with Saddam.
East Timor is island nation-a former Portuguese colony just above
Australia-that became the target of a relentless and murderous assault by
Indonesia on December 7, 1975. That assault was made possible through the
sale of US arms to its loyal client-state, the silent complicity of the
American press, and permission from President Ford.
"Gerald Ford actually met twice with (Indonesian leader) Suharto, first in
July of 1975 when Suharto came to the United States and later in December of
1975, of course, on the eve of his invasion of East Timor," journalist Brad
Simpson told Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. "And we now know that for more
than a year Indonesia had been planning its armed takeover of East Timor,
and the United States had of course been aware of Indonesian military plans.
In July of 1975, the National Security Council first informed Henry
Kissinger and Gerald Ford of Indonesia's plans to take over East Timor by
force. And Suharto of course raised this with Gerald Ford in July when he
met with Gerald Ford at Camp David on a trip to the United States. And then
in December of 1975 on a trip through Southeast Asia, Gerald Ford met again
with Suharto on the eve of the invasion, more than two weeks after the
National Security Council, CIA, other intelligence agencies had concluded
that an Indonesian invasion was eminent. And that the only thing delaying
the invasion was the fear that US disapproval might lead to a cut-off of
weapons and military supplies to the regime."
One more time: They hate us because we're free.
Over one-third of the East Timorese population (more than 200,000 humans)
lost their lives due to war-related starvation, disease, massacres, or
atrocities. Proportionally, the depth of this slaughter is on par with the
Nazi Holocaust.
All you need to know about America is summed up here: Saddam Hussein was
"the next Hitler" while Gerald Ford was a "healer."
Welcome to 2007...
Mickey Z. can be found on the Web at http://www.mickeyz.net.
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If there is anyone left who questions the depth of the hypocrisy and the
blood lust of the American Empire, the events of the last week left little
doubt. The hanging of Saddam Hussein was greeted with unmitigated glee by
god's country. No detail was spared in describing the holiday season
execution to a hungry and receptive U.S. audience. Consider this excerpt
from the liberal (sic) media's role model, the New York Times: "At 6:10
a.m., the trapdoor swung open. He seemed to fall a good distance, but he
died swiftly. After just a minute, his body was still. His eyes still were
open but he was dead. Despite the scarf, the rope cut a gash into his neck.
His body stayed hanging for another nine minutes as those in attendance
broke out in prayer, praising the Prophet, at the death of a dictator."
(Apparently unfit to print was any mention of Hussein's former ties to the
U.S.) Indeed, what better way is there to show the world that America is
morally superior than to murder a man on global television?
Reminder: They hate us because we're free.
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