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till@tillwe.de (Till Westermayer) DE: At least 7500 demonstrating against the war "Dimitri Devyatkin" <devyatkin@earthlink.net> 10,000 march for peace in Manhattan Sean Healy <evolver@loud.org.au> terrorism has a new logo? Steve <cisler@pobox.com> Denial of service attacks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: 22 Sep 2001 20:32:00 +0200 From: till@tillwe.de (Till Westermayer) Subject: DE: At least 7500 demonstrating against the war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . till we *) . . . Hi nettime-l, some news from Germany: this weekend there were at least 7500 demonstrating against the (coming?) war in Berlin, Köln and Freiburg (and maybe more in other cities I don't know of). Opinion polls suggest that a (small) majority of the population says yes to a German military contribution. Whereas normally the Bundestag has to agree for using the Bundeswehr (army) out-of-area, it seems that in this case the Bundestag will be informed and called to vote on this issue only *after* the actual military raids, because of the 'special situation'. On the other hand there seems to be a big majority in Bundestag parliament for military attacks with German 'help'; the opposition partys Christian Democrates (CDU) and Free Democrats (FDP) will vote for hard, militarian politics (and demand more money for the Bundeswehr), so the governing Social Democrats (SPD) and chancellor Schröder will have enough votes in the Bundestag, even if the smaller government party, The Greens, won't give all their votes to a german contribution to the war. The leftist opposition party Socialistic Democrats (PDS) will say no. At the moment, the Greens are discussing this issue very intensly -- coming from a pacifistic movement as well as from an ecological movement, a lot of long- time party members don't feel well with a military answer on terroristic attacks; some of the green parliament members voted no or absent alrady to an declaration of solidarity with the US which included military help. The state Green parties in two of the 16 Bundesländer (Berlin and Rheinland- Pfalz) declared they are against any military action, as well as many members of the party. And even the majority in the party, who isn't against any military action, won't support carpet bombings, etc. There are speculations that this decision will either end the red-green coalition government or force a splitting of the Green party. Till Westermayer, 2001-09-22 __ . / / / / ... Till Westermayer - till we *) . . . mailto:till@tillwe.de http://www.westermayer.de/till/index.htm . Habsburgerstr. 82 . 79104 Freiburg . 0761 55697152 . 0170 9554960 . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: "Dimitri Devyatkin" <devyatkin@earthlink.net> Subject: 10,000 march for peace in Manhattan Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 19:56:17 -0700 10,000 march for peace in Manhattan A mass demonstration against the war was held Friday evening, Sept. 21 in New York -- a march from Union Square to Times Square attended by perhaps 10,000 people. The marchers walked solemly up Park Avenue South, chanting anti-war slogans, stopping traffic at intersections. Most of the marchers were between 20-50 years old; there were a few parents with young children. People on the street looked on with mostly neutral expressions. Some people shouted remarks to antagonize the marchers. Many people of Arab appearence gave the V sign to the marchers. Numerous incidents of violence erupted as irate drivers stuck behind marchers got our of their vehicles and assaulted march coordinators. Police were nowhere to be seen when they were needed to protect the marchers from the muscular, cursing motorists, but the marchers protected their colleagues. Finally police arrived and actually arrested at least one thug. One woman in a white convertible actually tried to run her car into the crowd. She only stopped when warned that video cameras had recorded her license plate number. Police only became evident at the end of the march, clearly only to protect stores and property -- No concern was shown for the safety of the marchers. Police dressed in bright orange jump suits, with NYPD written on their chests and sports shoes were waiting with short batons and bloodthristy expressions on their faces. Police blocked access to Times Square when the demonstrators filled the intersection, wading into the crowd. No known incidents of violence occurred despite an ugly mood. Dimitri Devyatkin e-mail devyatkin@earthlink.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:22:56 +1000 From: Sean Healy <evolver@loud.org.au> Subject: terrorism has a new logo? Was googling around to find a nike factory /quicktime video 4a project, and came across this bizarre cross-culture jam... s Fake Nike T-shirts celebrate accused terrorist By KATHY GANNON, Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (December 11, 2000 5:43 p.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com) - Trademark pirates are not only stealing Nike's name, but they're also using it to glorify America's No. 1 terrorist suspect. T-shirts have shown up in Afghanistan and in neighboring Pakistan that feature the U.S. sportswear company's logo alongside a drawing of an AK-47 assault rifle and praise for Osama bin Laden, "The great mujahid (holy warrior) of Islam." "Jehad is our mission," say the T-shirts, using the Islamic term for holy war. "We find it highly offensive," said Kirk Stewart, vice president for corporate communications at Nike headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., after viewing an Associated Press photo of one of the shirts. The United States accuses bin Laden of masterminding the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa that killed 224 people including 12 U.S. diplomats. He is also a suspect in the October suicide bombing of a U.S. destroyer in Yemen that killed 17 U.S. sailors. But in some parts of Pakistan's deeply conservative and tribal northwest, and in Afghanistan where bin Laden hides out, many admirers name their sons after him. The T-shirts sell for 100 rupees - about $2 in Pakistan. Also on sale for a few cents apiece are posters featuring a calendar and a picture of a helicopter with the slogan: "Look out United States Osama is coming." "The Osama shirts were ordered by someone from Afghanistan, whom we don't know," said Zarshad Khan, co-owner of Sirtaj Hosiery in Peshawar. "We are not political people," he said. Khan said the shirts were manufactured in Faisalabad, in Pakistan's Punjab province, and two dozen of them arrived at his factory carrying the Nike logo. Others, in different colors, have been spotted in Afghan markets. In Pakistan, copyright laws are rarely enforced and the markets and bazaars throughout the country are filled with products bearing counterfeit brand names. Nike's Stewart said Pakistani authorities have been notified. "This is a difficult situation we hope the local authorities can resolve," he said. Mark Wentworth, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, said the U.S. government will pursue the culprits if Nike so requests. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 20:51:14 -0700 From: Steve <cisler@pobox.com> Subject: Denial of service attacks http://myafghan.com reports: Hacker Attack This website was down on Wednesday for about 15 hours due to a denial of server attack caused by hackers. Many other Afghan News site were down also. We have been up again since Wednesday night. From News.com: "The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) issued an advisory Friday warning companies of increased hacking activity in the name of "patriotism" and of the spread of computer viruses that label infected files with names that relate to Tuesday's tragedies." "The NIPC reiterates that (such) conduct is illegal and punishable as a felony, with penalties extending to five years in prison," the warning said. 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