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WTO is not that bad
by ram 2:56pm Sat Apr 26 '03 (Modified on 9:40am Sun Apr 27 '03)

Sometime ago I wrote to these people explaining my views.

Seems to have worked. Yes I feel very important!

Their order is the most satisfactory so far.
http://gatt.org/regime/cards.html

WTO NEWS: 2003 PRESS RELEASES

Press/295
25 April 2003
Playing Card Deck Shows Way to U.S. Regime Change

In the wake of the U.S.'s "pre-emptive" destruction of Iraq, her people, and her culture, the Trade Regulation Organization is issuing a "55 most wanted" playing-card deck similar to the one that the Pentagon issued two weeks ago in Iraq.


The TRO, estimating that the U.S. governing regime is no longer consistent with world peace or prosperity, hopes that the playing cards will show the way to regime change and, eventually, large-scale war crimes proceedings.

According to the TRO, the victims of the unprovoked U.S. war fall into three categories:

* People. In the 1991 Gulf War, up to 200,000 civilians and up to 150,000 soldiers were killed by ordinary bombs or their effects on infrastructure. 1, 2, 3, 4
In addition, poisoning from U.S. depleted uranium (DU) weapons - banned by the Geneva Convention1 - has led to hundreds of thousands more Iraqi cancers and deaths; the 80,000 cases of "Gulf War syndrome" among U.S. veterans are most likely also due to DU exposure. 1, 2, 3, 4
In the 2003 Iraq War, the U.S. once again used massive amounts of DU in its weapons. Iraqi death counts are unknown or unpublicized.
* Culture. Because of a U.S. policy giving carte blanche to looters - only the Oil Ministry and Interior Ministry were protected - the Middle East's leading archaeological museum lost almost all of its unique ancient artifacts, and two libraries full of irreplaceable medieval manuscripts were destroyed. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
* Long-term prospects. The U.S. is now considered the primary world criminal by the vast majority of the world's citizens. The implications for the U.S.'s long-term prospects are grim.

Many of those featured on the "55 most wanted" cards are in government, and removing these people from power would go a long way towards making the world a safer place.

Others include corporate CEOs; in those cases, the corporations themselves must be dissolved or otherwise rendered incapable of further harm.

"If one day the people on these cards are indeed brought to justice, 'just following orders' or 'supporting our troops' will be no excuse for the rest of us," said TRO spokeswoman Hedwig Ixtabal-Mono.

gatt.org/regime/

add your own comments

this brilliant spoof is by ®™ark
by afbijt 3:20pm Sat Apr 26 '03

it of course has nothing to do with ram, it's a project by ®™ark, see http://www.rtmark.com/history.html . to compare the spoof check the site of the indeed really bad WTO at http://www.wto.org/

what loosers live in the UK?
by ram 3:35pm Sat Apr 26 '03

Are you pissed with me personally for telling the truths about our racist soceity?!

Anyhow another link that is well done.

I have not vetted the content fully for the kids among you yet!

Requires flash and shit


http://www.takebackthemedia.com/flash.html

Nice one!
by nice one 3:58pm Sat Apr 26 '03

Excellent deck of cards!

Checked twice. Spotted photo of Bush's poodle but not of his dingo. Did I miss the photo or is that war criminal not included? Regime change also necessary Down Under. Aboriginies would certainly be thrilled.

Judging by UK Indymedia postings, looks like half of UK movement still concerned about responsibility of UK in invasion of Iraq consists of one person, Ram.

Good on ya Ram!

"nice one", what a bullshit
by afbijt 8:53pm Sat Apr 26 '03

another one 'concerned' by typing crap into the comment forms? Where were you or ram on Tuesday? Definitely not in Faslane. And on Thursday? Most probably not at the BP AGM protests but posting crap...

To Afbijt: not everyone lives in Sheepland
by nice one (thankfully not British) 9:31pm Sat Apr 26 '03

No, Afbijt, you are right. I certainly wasn't in Faslane last Tuesday or at the BP AGM protests on Thursday because, fortunately, I don't live in your country of sheep.

I live in a country where, unfortunately, your army has a presence and British soldiers go poncing around patronizing the locals.

Because the invasion of Iraq, aided by the government that UK citizens voted for and funded by your taxpayers money, is also affecting the Middle East (which is where I come from), nearly every day last week I was posting messages on UK Indymedia trying to find out if any of you have specific information or knowledge about what your government is up to in Iraq and for how long it plans to hang around patronizing the arabs about democracy.

The only British person who responded to my mails on a regular basis and still remembers that the Brits are also responsible for what is happening in Iraq is Ram. The rest of you have moved on to the next fashionable issue to protest about. I guess protesting about the results of the war isn't cool anymore.

xcuse me
by ram 9:45pm Sat Apr 26 '03

So your idea of those qualified to post things / comment on the wire should be british and attending two mentioned protests?! why not look at 'what is next' instead of constantly looking for an infight?

Yorr medals in the post/Ram
by anti-jen 10:42pm Sat Apr 26 '03



Whats next for you Ram, repetitive strain injury.
All type no play makes Ram a dull, boy
All type no play makes Ram a dull boy
All type no play makes Ram a dull boy.
We never hear your individual doings, ideas or
happenings, Oh nearly forgot you've took on the
job of enlightening people about whats going on.
Don't let the medal weigh you down,
the sheep might not be able to keep up with you.

dear anti-jen
by ram 11:19pm Sat Apr 26 '03

want to be my ewe?

Ram + nice one you are so full of shit
by spam 7:22am Sun Apr 27 '03


Download attached file: untitlednuczwm.bmp (mimetype: image/x-ms-bmp )

the reason you never go out side is because your fake identities can't stand the light of day.

sheep? yeah right you idiot - we're all sheep because we won't accept your mutual wank off articles on the wire.

BAA BAAA WEE LUUVV CAAAAPIITAAALIISM BBAAAA.

Ok chill out everyone..
by kia 7:41am Sun Apr 27 '03

....the thread is about the WTO.
sorry - cut n paste kid time- here's an article about india resisting the WTO .


India to resist move to enlarge WTO agenda

New Delhi, April 25. (UNI): India will mobilise other developing countries to put up a strong resistance to the rich nations' move to enlarge the agenda of the World Trade Organisation at the September Ministerial meeting at Cancun in Mexico.

"Developing countries like India have two major challenges for the next Ministerial. In the first instance, they would have to show a high degree of resoluteness for ensuring that acceptable solutions are found for the unresolved issues of their concern."

"Secondly, they would have to bring their collective wisdom to prevent their larger trading partners from enlarging the WTO mandate by including issues that could affect their market access,"Commerce Industry and Law Minister Arun Jaitley said here.

Delivering the 37th convocation address of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Jaitley said expectations of developing countries for substantial progress in a number of areas are yet to be realised.

He said India is committed to working ASEAN towards a free trade area in the next 10 years. Referring to exports, he said merchandise exports had grown by nearly 17 per cent in dollar terms during the first 11 months of the last financial year. This is significant in the context of appreciation of the rupee that had taken place in the recent months.

- not too amazing, back later with somethin better .

oi spammer
by ram 9:40am Sun Apr 27 '03

Cannot downlao the file.
Whats in it?

As for India and anti WTO why not post over there too.

Just visited the IMC-India site and its newswire also seems to
be full of religious shit and the global advertising campaigns

(talking of which the good IMC-UK moderator seems to have done a good job with yesterday)

PS: 'Nice One' is right about ourselves being sheep -- the way we march so *obediently* to pens in Hydepark, Trafalgar square, Fairford green...and then go home for a cuppah!
Except there are no dogs except pigscum guiding us all the way.