srigotti on "The human cost of war: name before shame"

srigotti — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:24:46 +0000

I fully agree with the intent expressed and the reasons given for the research but found it very weird reading about the prospect of doing the research in such a detached almost disaffected academic way. Although the facts will never be achievable in terms of personal names credible numbers or estimates would go a long way to take the spin off the propaganda machines that spew on regardless in the unfortunately warranted belief that you can distort, lie, omit, overemphasize enough to satisfy the "leader's" need for power, whomsoever that "leader" might be. On another point though the exercise should not stop at the dead, but also take into account persons impaired seriously (to be defined). Not only will the numbers then look out of scale and closer to the true damage but they would also be more vociferous and less possible to hide because the persons are simply not yet dead.

David Nicholson on "Halabja: the politics of memory"

David Nicholson — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:31:35 +0000

I am writing a screenplay about racism, and the story is based on a kurdish refugee from Halabja. I would be very grateful if you could enlighten me about any escape routes used after the gas bombings in 1988. In particular could you tell me if any refugees escaped to the west and, more particularly, the UK.

Thanking you in anticipation, David Nicholson.

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