[Todos] Bulletin # 10

[fvicent en dm.uba.ar]

Un anonimo me hizo llegar un mensaje que decia que en vez de escribir
pelotudeces porque no hablaba de cosas serias. El siguiente report cita a
Noam Chomsky comentando sobre los dos principales estados terroristas del
mundo.
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CHOMSKY SAYS ISRAEL IS A U.S. MILITARY BASE

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/34/...tary-base-.html

Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington's main weapons storage
base in the Middle East.

"Israel is essentially a U.S. military base, the U.S. positions weapons
there, that's a very close military and intelligence tie," Chomsky told
Press TV on Wednesday while explaining the complexity of relations between
Washington and Tel Aviv.

Commenting on the weapons that Israel received from the U.S.before
launching its 2007-2008 offensive in the Gaza Strip, Chomsky said that the
exchange of weapons between the two sides was not surprising.

"[Israel] is receiving weapons constantly. In fact, weapons were sent
during the invasion of Gaza. They tried to send them, they were supposed
to send them from Greece, and Greece refused to ship them," he said.

"When pentagon was asked about this, they responded (I think correctly)
that the weapons were not being sent for the Gaza invasion which was
underway with the U.S. weapons of course; rather, the U.S.was positioning
weapons in Israel," he added.

Chomsky, who was taking part in an interview with Press TV after
delivering a speech at Boston University, said that although Israel had
influence over the U.S. foreign policy, it still had to act within the
boundaries of what Washington allowed.

"Take for example Israeli threats against Iran or U.S. threats for that
matter, in which if anybody cares it is a violation of the UN charter,”
said Chomsky.

"Last summer in 2008, right in the middle of the presidential election…
Israeli lobbyists tried very hard to push through a resolution in congress
calling for a blockade on Iran which essentially would have been an act of
war.

"They were rounding up quite lot of senators… and all of a sudden the
effort terminated, presumably what happened is the White House… wanted to
have a word with them, so they pulled back, that happens over and over,
Israel can not go beyond what the U.S. permits," he added.

During his address at Boston University, Chomsky also warned of the threat
that the U.S. and Israel posed to the world and said people may have more
to fear from this two than those that Washington tries to associate with
terrorism.

"[The U.S. and Israel] consistently and regularly… resort to force and the
threat of force… carry out aggression regularly and repeatedly… invade
other countries, occupy other countries, [and] invoke terror and
violence," he said.

Chomsky also pointed out that the U.S. government and its media had spread
exaggerated reports about Iran's nuclear program.

"There has been a massive propaganda campaign that demonizes Iran, that
portrays it as a major threat to world peace that has been going on for
the past three years," he said.