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Voice for Peace

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5. this brought to mind the island of Diego Garcia & John Pilger's work

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:31 AM

Jan 2013

in case you're not already familiar with it
http://johnpilger.com/videos/stealing-a-nation

'Stealing A Nation' (2004) is an extraordinary film about the plight of the Chagos Islands, whose indigenous population was secretly and brutally expelled by British Governments in the late 1960s and early 1970s to make way for an American military base. The tragedy, which falls within the remit of the International Criminal Court as "a crime against humanity", is told by Islanders who were dumped in the slums of Mauritius and by British officials who left behind a damning trail of Foreign Office documents.

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gosh Voice for Peace Jan 2013 #1

you are most welcome--yet another disgusting chapter in our imperial history niyad Jan 2013 #2

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I knew a great deal about what the missionaries did, but very little about the invasion. niyad Jan 2013 #4

this brought to mind the island of Diego Garcia & John Pilger's work Voice for Peace Jan 2013 #5

thank you for reminding me about this one--I had known a little about it, but not as much as I niyad Jan 2013 #6

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thank you so much for sharing this niyad Jan 2013 #9