Re: Milan Rai on UN occupation of Iraq

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:

> Doug and Joel ought to remember that Iraq is *under foreign military
> occupation conducting counterinsurgency warfare* with censorship,
> checkpoints, house raids, arbitrary arrest and detention, no due
> process, etc. -- i.e. Iraqis do not have freedom of speech.

And I know it's asking a lot, but you might want to listen to Richard
Burkholder's responses to my questions about how you poll a people
under occupation. The exchange took up a substantial portion of the
interview <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html>.

Doug