Too many examples to cite. First off, via this piece:
‘The sacking of Iraq’s museums is like a “lobotomy” of an entire culture, say art experts. And they warned the Pentagon repeatedly of this potential catastrophe months before the war.’
And Alternet has this disturbing article:
‘In the past month, three international peace activists have been wounded or killed by the Israeli Army. They were all affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement, a loose network of international activists who are trained in and dedicated to non-violent tactics to defend Palestinian civilians from Israeli aggression.’
And, sticking with the region, Robert Fisk’s take on the situation in Iraq. All of it alarming. Some of it especially disturbing. Like the notion that, instead of tracking down and bringing to justice many of the human rights abusers that were recently ousted, the American military may be, in fact, hiring them.
‘Were they monsters, these men? Yes. Are they sought by the Americans? No. Are they now working for the Americans? Yes, quite possibly - indeed some of them may well be in the long line of ex-security thugs who queue every morning outside the Palestine Hotel in the hope of being re-hired by the US Marines’ Civil Affairs Unit.’
My current mood: disgusted.