CHRIS TOENSING, ctoensing@merip.org,
http://www.merip.org
Toensing is editor of Middle East Report and can discuss the formulation of Mideast policy and the prospects for democracy there.
LAMIS ANDONI, LamisAndoni@yahoo.com,
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/israellobbywatch.shtml
Andoni is an independent journalist and analyst who has covered the Mideast for over two decades. She said today: "U.S. pressure on Arab regimes to support war against Iraq has already resulted in further stifling of freedoms in Arab countries. To appease Washington they are acting against their people's will and hence suppressing political freedom and banning protests. Bush's statements make a mockery of the notion of democracy. The people there see that Bush continues to support Ariel Sharon's military occupation and systematic destruction of Palestinian life, that the U.S. continues to strangle the Iraqi people with the sanctions while talking about the liberation of Iraq. The people of the region see the connection between the U.S. war hawks, the Likud policies and British colonialism. The policies Bush is pursuing are not the solution as the U.S. public is being told, they are what causes the resentment many feel against the U.S. government."
http://www.merip.org
Toensing is editor of Middle East Report and can discuss the formulation of Mideast policy and the prospects for democracy there.
LAMIS ANDONI, LamisAndoni@yahoo.com,
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/israellobbywatch.shtml
Andoni is an independent journalist and analyst who has covered the Mideast for over two decades. She said today: "U.S. pressure on Arab regimes to support war against Iraq has already resulted in further stifling of freedoms in Arab countries. To appease Washington they are acting against their people's will and hence suppressing political freedom and banning protests. Bush's statements make a mockery of the notion of democracy. The people there see that Bush continues to support Ariel Sharon's military occupation and systematic destruction of Palestinian life, that the U.S. continues to strangle the Iraqi people with the sanctions while talking about the liberation of Iraq. The people of the region see the connection between the U.S. war hawks, the Likud policies and British colonialism. The policies Bush is pursuing are not the solution as the U.S. public is being told, they are what causes the resentment many feel against the U.S. government."