John Pilger describes the lonely death of an honourable man, a whistleblower, as striking contrast to those British politicians and officials now running for cover from the part they played in the invasion of Iraq, the crime of the 21st centur…
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IRAQ
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In the New Statesman, John Pilger looks back on Remembrance Day – Veterans Day in the US – and describes the presence of hypocrisy as the bowed heads of the establishment mourned none of the million dead of Iraq and the destruction of their society.
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In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger quotes from a letter received from a British army officer serving in Iraq and sent to the BBC. The officer calls the war unwinnable and wrong, and appeals to the media not to swallow “the office/White House line”. For the first time, journalists are now being scrutinised by the soldiers whose war they report.