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11/18/03 - Destroying homes in Iraq

US troops in Iraq have adopted the Israeli practice of destroying the homes of suspected militants in Iraq. "This is something Sharon would do," said 41-year-old farmer Jamel Shahab, referring to the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. "What's happening in Iraq is just like Palestine." To the rest of the world, the US occupation of Iraq is looking more and more like the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The first link for today talks about this new US tactic. The other two links talk about the humanitarian disaster that the Israeli occupation has been for the Palestinians.

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