TALES OF IRAQ WAR by LATUFF

DOWNLOAD IRAQ/PALESTINE CARTOONS NOW!

2010-02-16T13:16:00.004-02:00

Download for free zip files containing high-resolution artworks (cartoons, photomontages, comics) produced by me from 2002 to March, 2008. All the artworks can be freely reproduced, without my formal permission.

Iraq (252 images)
http://ia341021.us.archive.org/2/items/LatuffIraqWarcartoons2002to2008/LatuffIraqWarcartoons2002to2008.zip

Palestine (283 images)
http://ia341334.us.archive.org/0/items/Palestine2002to2008/Palestine2002to2008.zip
Artintifada (thumbnail gallery)http://artintifada.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/latuff-palestine-cartoons/

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That's All Folks!

2009-06-17T06:26:00.004-03:00

The Tales of Iraq War blog has completed 3 years in May 2009. I hope you readers have found the cartoons published here useful on exposing the US war of agression against Iraq. I'm closing this blog but its archives won't be deleted. All of my artworks can be freely reproduced without my formal permission, on behalf of the people of Iraq.

The day will come when the US and its accomplices will no longer occupy territory in Iraq and elsewhere. Inshallah!

Iraq six years later...

2009-03-23T21:57:00.002-03:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here:
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/13/large/6th_anniversary_iraq_war_obama.gif

http://ia331409.us.archive.org/0/items/ObamaAndThe6thAnniversaryOfIraqWarB/6thAnniversaryIraqWarObama.gif

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Obama and the 6th anniversary of Iraq War

2009-03-22T21:19:00.002-03:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes:
http://ia331420.us.archive.org/0/items/ObamaAndThe6thAnniversaryOfIraqWar/Obama6thAnniversaryIraqWar.gif

http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/13/large/obama_6th_anniversary_iraq_war.gif

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Attention! Change of e-mail!

2009-03-17T20:44:00.002-03:00

This is my new e-mail address:
carlos.latuff@gmail.com

Obama's Iraq "withdrawal" in a nutshell

2009-02-28T06:47:00.003-03:00

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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/2/large/obama_iraq.gif
And here: http://ia331432.us.archive.org/0/items/ObamaIraqWithdrawalInANutshell/ObamaIraq.gif

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Israeli Apartheid Week 2009 Trailer

2009-02-21T14:02:00.002-03:00

http://www.apartheidweek.org/

Obama goes to WAR!

2009-02-21T04:37:00.002-03:00

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Cartoon #1
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/5/large/obama_taliban.gif
http://ia331403.us.archive.org/3/items/ObamasWar/ObamaTaliban.gif

Cartoon #2
http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/bush_iraq_obama_afghanistan.gif
http://ia331431.us.archive.org/0/items/ObamaGoesToWar/BushIraqObamaAfghanistan.gif

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The Obama Surge in Afghanistan

2009-02-20T16:23:00.002-03:00

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High-resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/afghanistan_obama.gif

And here: http://ia331415.us.archive.org/2/items/TheObamaSurgeInAfghanistan/AfghanistanObama.gif

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US President Barack Obama has given the go-ahead to send another 17000 US troops to Afghanistan

2009-02-19T01:28:00.004-03:00

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High-resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/obama_afghanistan.gif

And here: http://ia331433.us.archive.org/1/items/ObamaIsAddingSome17000UsTroopsForTheAfghanistanWar/ObamaAfghanistan.gif

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Interview for Al-Arab newspaper

2009-02-10T21:59:00.003-02:00

Interview with me, published in today's edition of Al-Arab newspaper (Qatar).
http://www.alarab.com.qa/details.php?docId=72226&issueNo=414&secId=18

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Artwork on the Jerusalem Post

2009-02-05T08:13:00.002-02:00

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Article on the Jerusalem Post website shows the artwork I made specially for the Israel Apartheid Week.

The article: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050211942&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
The poster: http://www.apartheidweek.org/sites/apartheidweek.org/files/Israeli%20Apartheid%20Week%202009%20poster.jpg
Israel Apartheid Week website: http://www.apartheidweek.org/

Holocaust Remembrance Day

2009-01-27T23:35:00.003-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://ia331435.us.archive.org/0/items/HolocaustRemembranceDay/HolocaustRemembranceDay.gif
And here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/6/large/holocaust_remembrance_day.gif

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Article in As-Safir newspaper

2009-01-23T07:22:00.003-02:00

Today's edition of As-Safir, leading Lebanese daily newspaper, brings an article about my Palestinian related cartoons. Read article HERE!

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410 children killed by Israel in Gaza

2009-01-22T10:03:00.005-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://ia331418.us.archive.org/2/items/410ChildrenKilledByIsraelInGaza/410ChildrenKilledByIsraelInGaza.gif

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Gaza!

2009-01-22T07:07:00.003-02:00

Artwork I made for the Israel Apartheid Week.

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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/large/gaza.gif
And here: http://ia310809.us.archive.org/2/items/GazaStrip_490/Gaza.gif

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Two more cartoons

2009-01-21T20:46:00.005-02:00

Ban Ki-moon
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Editorial cartoon, to be published in the bulletin of FISENGE (Federacao Interestadual de Sindicatos de Engenheiros), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/10/large/ban_ki_moon.gif
And here: http://ia310810.us.archive.org/1/items/BanKi-moon/BanKiMoon.gif

Gaza war crimes
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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/2/large/gaza_war_crimes.gif
And here: http://ia331428.us.archive.org/0/items/GazaWarCrimes/GazaWarCrimes.gif

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Israel Press Freedom

2009-01-18T16:32:00.004-02:00

Artwork made specially for the Al-Jazeera's Inside Story TV show (aired yesterday). Jump to 8:40 if you can't wait.

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As if putting 1.5 million people at risk of starvation was not enough, Israel weighed a brutal attack on Gaza today, killing more than 1000 people, including women and children, with the complicity of Arab regimes. Once again I beg you reader, my brothers and sisters-in-arts, to spread these cartoons. Reproduce them in posters, newspapers, magazines, zines, blogs, everywhere. Let's make the voice of the Gaza people to be heard all around the world. Thank you, in the name of the Palestinians of Gaza.

High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/large/israel_press_freedom.gif
And here: http://ia331402.us.archive.org/3/items/IsraelPressFreedom/IsraelPressFreedom.gif

The Arab League

2009-01-18T09:52:00.003-02:00

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As if putting 1.5 million people at risk of starvation was not enough, Israel weighed a brutal attack on Gaza today, killing more than 1000 people, including women and children, with the complicity of Arab regimes. Once again I beg you reader, my brothers and sisters-in-arts, to spread these cartoons. Reproduce them in posters, newspapers, magazines, zines, blogs, everywhere. Let's make the voice of the Gaza people to be heard all around the world. Thank you, in the name of the Palestinians of Gaza.
High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/3/large/arab_league.gif
And here: http://ia310808.us.archive.org/1/items/TheArabLeague/ArabLeague.gif

More cartoons about Gaza, spread them out NOW!

2009-01-17T10:38:00.005-02:00

As if putting 1.5 million people at risk of starvation was not enough, Israel weighed a brutal attack on Gaza today, killing more than 1000 people, including women and children, with the complicity of Arab regimes. Once again I beg you reader, my brothers and sisters-in-arts, to spread these cartoons. Reproduce them in posters, newspapers, magazines, zines, blogs, everywhere. Let's make the voice of the Gaza people to be heard all around the world. Thank you, in the name of the Palestinians of Gaza.

Gaza, USA and the Arab regimes
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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/3/large/1_gaza_massacre.gif
And here: http://ia331409.us.archive.org/0/items/GazaUncleSamAndTheArabRegimes/GazaMassacre.gif

The Rabbit and the Turtle
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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/large/the_rabbit_and_the_turtle.gif
And here: http://ia310842.us.archive.org/1/items/GazaTheRabbitAndTheTurtle/TheRabbitAndTheTurtle.gif

Ehud Omlert's dreams
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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/large/ehud_olmert.gif
And here: http://ia310809.us.archive.org/2/items/OlmertsDreams/EhudOlmert.gif

Cartoon on Al Jazeera TV

2009-01-17T00:17:00.001-02:00

During a debate aired on Al-Jazeera TV today, January 16, one of my cartoons was shown.
Jump to 7:10 if you can't wait.
:)

I'm keeping my word with Mr, Adris, the Palestinian I met in Hebron in 1999, and with all the Palestinian people, when I said that, back to Brazil, I would put my art at the service of the Palestinians, supporting their struggle and exposing Israeli war crimes.

The both sides of Gaza conflict

2009-01-14T06:09:00.003-02:00

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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/israeli_palestinian_sides.gif

And here: http://ia310820.us.archive.org/2/items/TheBothSidesOfGazaConflict/IsraeliPalestinianSides.gif

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Shimon Perez, Nobel Peace Laureate

2009-01-12T15:58:00.003-02:00

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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/7/large/shimon_perez_nobel_peace_prize_laureate.gif

And here: http://ia310833.us.archive.org/0/items/ShimonPerezNobelPeacePrizeLaureate/ShimonPerezNobelPeacePrizeLaureate.gif

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Blame Hamas!

2009-01-12T06:59:00.003-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/5/large/blame_hamas.gif

And here: http://ia310834.us.archive.org/0/items/BlameHamas/BlameHamas.gif

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Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement

2009-01-05T06:18:00.003-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/large/hamas.gif

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US Thwarts UN Gaza Ceasefire Calls

2009-01-04T18:13:00.004-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/gaza_massacre_2009.gif
And here: http://ia310817.us.archive.org/0/items/U.s.BlocksUnCease-fireResolution/GazaMassacre2009.gif

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Tanks rolling over Gaza

2009-01-04T04:22:00.002-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/1/large/tanks_rolling_over_gaza.gif
And here: http://ia310816.us.archive.org/0/items/TanksRollingOverGaza/TanksRollingOverGaza.gif

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No Happy New Year for Gaza

2009-01-01T15:40:00.002-02:00

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/large/2009_gaza.gif
And here: http://ia310828.us.archive.org/0/items/NoHappyNewYearForGaza/2009Gaza.gif

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URGENT! BOMBS OVER GAZA!

2008-12-27T17:37:00.011-02:00

As if putting 1.5 million people at risk of starvation was not enough, Israel weighed a brutal attack on Gaza today, killing more than 200 people, with 750 injured, including women and children. Once again I beg you reader, my brothers and sisters-in-arts, to spread these cartoons. Reproduce them in posters, newspapers, magazines, zines, blogs, everywhere. Let's make the voice of the Gaza people to be heard all around the world. Thank you, in the name of the Palestinians of Gaza.

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/2/large/gaza_massacre.gif
And here: http://ia310831.us.archive.org/3/items/GazaMassacre/GazaMassacre.gif

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://ia310839.us.archive.org/1/items/HosniMubarak/HosniMubarakGaza.jpg
And here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/large/hosni_mubarak_gaza.jpg

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/large/gaza_arab_league.jpg
And here: http://www.archive.org/download/GazaAndTheArabLeague/GazaArabLeague.jpg

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://www.archive.org/download/TheGazaGhetto/Gaza.jpg
And here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/large/1_gaza.jpg

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/12/large/gaza_ghetto.jpg
And here: http://ia310820.us.archive.org/1/items/GazaGhetto2/GazaGhetto.jpg

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/6/large/israeli_raid_gaza.jpg
And here: http://ia310830.us.archive.org/2/items/IsraeliAirStrikesInGazaKillAsManyAs200People/IsraeliRaidGaza.jpg

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High resolution version for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/israeli_raid_gaza.gif
And here: http://www.archive.org/download/IsraeliStrikesOnGazaKillScores/IsraeliRaidGaza.gif

Muntazer al-Zaidi

2008-12-25T21:40:00.003-02:00

On behalf of journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, Bush shoe-thrower and hero of the Iraqi people.

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High resolution versions for printing purposes here: http://dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/8/muntazer.gif

And here: http://www.archive.org/download/MuntazerAl-zaidi/Muntazer.gif

You are free to reproduce this artwork in magazines, newspapers, bulletins, zines and books. You don't need to pay me anything. I only ask you to cite the source and send me few copies by snail mail. Contact me here!

Art at the service of people

2008-12-23T23:19:00.003-02:00

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Al Jazeera website shows a photo of a demonstration against the siege of Gaza in front of U.S. embassy in Berlin, Germany, where a boy holds a poster with one of my cartoons. This is the kind of thing that encourages me to keep making resistance art. My heart stands with the Palestinians, Iraqis and people who fight oppression around the world.

Original artwork here: http://ia311339.us.archive.org/3/items/ScottishMedicalSuppliesAcrossEuropeToGaza_331/ScotlandMedicinesToGaza.gif

Carlos Latuff: Cartoonist and opinion-maker (Interview for Menassat)

2008-12-23T15:29:00.005-02:00

Arabic version here: http://www.menassat.com/?q=ar/news-articles/5513-

He has been alternatively praised and vilified in the press for his depictions of suffering in places like the Palestinian Territories, Iraq, and the slums of Latin America. But Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff says he is not out to please anyone. MENASSAT spoke with Latuff on the heals of a newly released series of cartoons about Iraqi journalist Muntazer Al-Zaidi.

By JACKSON ALLERS

BEIRUT, December 23, 2008 (MENASSAT) — Carlos Latuff, 40, is nothing short of a one-man cartoon wrecking-ball when he hits the ink.

Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Latuff has spent the last 15 plus years crafting a style that can best be described as "populist cartooning." He has touched on issues like Apartheid in South Africa, the plight of Native Americans in the US and the oppression of Tibetans in China.

But perhaps his most controversial series to date is "We are all Palestinians," in which he compares the actions taken by the Israeli government towards Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip directly to the Nazi's treatment of Jews.

In a December interview with the Jewish cultural scholar Eddy Portnoy, Latuff said, "It happens to be Israeli Jews that are the oppressors of Palestinians. If they were Christians, Muslims or Buddhists, I would criticize them the same way."

Latuff's cartoon series of world leaders like former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, outgoing US president George W. Bush and British PM Tony Blair conjure up the distorted, monster-like depictions of UK-based stencil graffiti artist, Shepard Farley.

And his irreverent take on recent issues like the Bush shoe-throwing incident with the Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi has continued to stir-up hundreds of online comments equally praising and decrying his work.

i-heart-girl writes in one online forum, "Your pieces have inspired me to keep hoping, praying, and working for peace and the end of corruption, no matter how fruitless the attempt may seem. I hope you can continue to bring awareness to the ignorant."

MENASSAT reached Latuff in Rio de Janeiro and conducted this on-line interview.

MENASSAT: Can you tell us about your personal history? Your biography says you're 40-years-old. How long have you been a cartoonist?

CARLOS LATUFF: I have been a professional artist since 1989. I started as an illustrator for a small advertising agency and then worked as a political cartoonist for leftist trade union papers in 1990. But I've been drawing since I was a kid.

MENASSAT: Why did you decide to focus on issues relating to the Arab world?

CARLOS LATUFF: My work doesn't only concern the Arab world. I also draw cartoons about concerns closer to home, like the police brutality in Brazil, the right-wing conspiracy against Evo Morales and his administration in Bolivia, and elsewhere, about events like the Russia-Georgia crisis, the riots in Greece, and so on. I do have a special focus on Palestine because of the time I spent there. When I was in the West Bank in 1999, I decided I would support the Palestinian struggle with my art.

MENASSAT: You've characterized your work as controversial. What is at the heart of your cartoons that makes them controversial?

CARLOS LATUFF: Touching the taboo of the Palestinian-Israeli [conflict] is always controversial, especially when you take the side of the oppressed. My art intends to break the common perception of the issue and it challenges the mainstream version of the conflict.

MENASSAT: Your work has been featured on Independent Media Center sites (www.indymedia.org) worldwide and in more mainstream publications like The Toronto Star. Which outlets have more impact on the public and does that matter to you?

CARLOS LATUFF: Having my cartoons shown from time to time in the mainstream media is only a consequence. The method I rely on the most to distribute my drawings are the good people throughout the world that are willing to reproduce my images online, via email, on their websites, etcetera.

MENASSAT: Your cartoon series, "We are all Palestinians," published on the Swiss Independent Media Center (IMC) site in 2002 prompted a Jewish organization to level the charge of anti-Semitism towards your work. A Swiss court suspended the criminal proceedings, but do you think it was anti-Semitism?

CARLOS LATUFF: Regarding cartoons and anti-Semitism, I have a recent interview with Eddy Portnoy, which clarifies my opinion about this on my blog, Tales of Iraq War. As a cartoonist, I feel comfortable enough to make any comparison I think necessary that expresses my point. Metaphors are the key point to political cartooning. Of course Israel isn't building gas chambers in the West Bank, but surely we can find some similarities between the treatment given to Palestinians by the [Israel Defense Forces] and the Jews under Nazi rule.

Inaccurate or not, it's important to highlight that such comparisons have been made worldwide—not only by cartoonists but by people such as Yosef 'Tommy' Lapid, Ariel Sharon's former Justice Minister and a Holocaust survivor [who died in June of 2008.] He said in 2004, during an interview, that a photo of an elderly Palestinian woman searching through rubble reminded him of his grandmother who died in Auschwitz. For me, this is more painful than comparisons of how Palestinians live under Israeli occupation.

My cartoons have no focus on the Jews or on Judaism. My focus is Israel as a political entity, as a government, their armed forces being a satellite of US interests in the Middle East, and especially Israeli policies toward the Palestinians. It happens to be Israeli Jews that are the oppressors of Palestinians. If they were Christians, Muslims or Buddhists, I would criticize them the same way. I made cartoons about George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, [former Mexican President] Ernesto Zedillo, [former Chilean dictator Augusto] Pinochet, and none of them were Jewish.

I mean... you insult the Muslims with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a [suicide] bomber and claim the right to freedom of speech, but if you make drawings about the Holocaust, then it's hatred against the Jews.

MENASSAT: On your deviant art page, you list Sebastião Salgado as a big influence. A lot of his work has dealt with the oppressed and downtrodden in societies, and  his assignments are often lengthy ones. Do you look to replicate this documentary approach with your cartoon work—as opposed to a one-off political cartoon?

CARLOS LATUFF: The cartoons I make aren't directed at middle-class, bourgeoisie readers, so I really don't care about what they think or believe. I make art for people living in Gaza, in Baghdad, in the slums of Latin America, ordinary people, the populace. I hope this art can serve to boost the morale of people suffering and the freedom fighters in every corner of the planet.

http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/5505-carlos-latuff-cartoonist-opinion-maker

The Revolutionary Muntazer al-Zaidi

2008-12-22T17:23:00.009-02:00

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A man hangs an image of the Bush shoe-thrower, Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, at a photo studio in Sidon, southern Lebanon, on December 18, 2008. Other pictures in the window show Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser (Center), the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine George Habash (Left) and the Palestinian Che Guevara cartoon I made in 2004 (Right). (AFP PHOTO/MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
Non-watermarked photo authorized for reproduction on this blog by AFP Sales Manager in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Cartoons and anti-Semitism

2008-12-19T18:09:00.007-02:00

A conversation between me and Eddy Portnoy, writer and scholar of Yiddish and Jewish popular culture at Rutgers University, for the Jewish Daily Forward:

Eddy Portnoy: You frequently use the Holocaust as a metaphor to criticize Israeli policies. This is seen as an inaccurate comparison and deliberately hurtful to Jews. Can you further explain your use of this metaphor?

Carlos Latuff: As a cartoonist, I feel comfortable enough to make any comparison I think necessary that expresses my point. Metaphors are the key point to political cartooning. Of course Israel isn’t building gas chambers in the West Bank, but surely we can find some similarities between the treatment given to Palestinians by the [Israel Defense Forces] and the Jews under Nazi rule. Inaccurate or not, it’s important to highlight that such comparisons have been made worldwide not only by cartoonists, but by people such as Yosef “Tommy” Lapid, Ariel Sharon’s former justice minister and a Holocaust survivor (deceased in June of 2008). He said in 2004, during an interview, that a photo of an elderly Palestinian woman searching through rubble reminded him of his grandmother who died in Auschwitz. For me, this is more painful than comparisons of how Palestinians live under Israeli occupation.

E.P.: “Cartoons and Extremism” (read the book's review here) argues that you use a “medieval and modern antisemitic grammar and vocabulary,” meaning you apply traditional antisemitic motifs to modern political situations. What is your response to this?

C.L.: Israel apologists have frequently compared my cartoons with those published in the Nazi paper Der Stürmer. Let’s have a close look at the Der Stürmer’s cartoonist’s role and mine. Philipp Rupprecht, pen name Fips, dedicated almost 20 years of his life to making only Jew-hating ‘toons for a paper for which the motto was “Jews are our disgrace.” My cartoons have no focus on the Jews or on Judaism. My focus is Israel as a political entity, as a government, their armed forces being a satellite of U.S. interests in the Middle East, and especially Israeli policies toward the Palestinians. It happens to be Israeli Jews that are the oppressors of Palestinians. If they were Christians, Muslims or Buddhists, I would criticize them the same way. I made cartoons about George Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair, Ernesto Zedillo (Mexico’s former president), Pinochet, and none of them was Jewish.

I produce political cartoons on different issues, both local (Brazilian) and international, for trade union papers in Brazil and many alternative, progressive, leftist-oriented publications around the world. My detractors say that the use of the Magen David in my Israel-related cartoons is irrefutable proof of antisemitism; however, it’s not my fault if Israel chose sacred religious motifs as national symbols, such as the Knesset Menorah or the Star of David in killing-machines like F-16 jets. I can’t be blamed for making an Israeli bomb-dropping warbird adorned with a religious symbol, because that’s the way Israeli air force planes are. To say my cartoons are a remake of the past antisemitic imagery is just another well-known strategy for discrediting criticisms regarding Israel.

E.P.: Is the history of antisemitic caricature completely irrelevant when it comes to criticizing Israel?

C.L.: No doubt about real antisemitism. Of course you’ll have people hijacking the Palestinian struggle as a chance for bashing the Jews, like European neo-Nazis who demonstrate against the occupation of Palestinian territories or the Iraq War. It’s important for the left to keep them apart from the legitimate struggle for the rights of the Palestinians; however, saying that anti-Zionism is antisemitism is a well-known tactic of intellectual dishonesty.

E.P.: You participated in the Iran Holocaust Cartoon Contest, which also included many genuinely antisemitic cartoons. Do you feel that being associated with these images and such a deliberate provocation in any way compromises your work?

C.L.: The artwork with which I won second place was a depiction of an elderly Palestinian man wearing a Nazi concentration camp uniform, and some people said that I was “denying the Holocaust”! That was completely stupid, since I’m affirming the Holocaust with that illustration. Believe me, no matter what I draw and where I publish, there will be always someone who will point a finger and say it’s antisemitic.

I saw this contest as both a good chance for denouncing the suffering of the Palestinian people before the eyes of world public opinion and for raising questions about the West’s double standards. I mean, you insult the Muslims with a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a bomber and then claim the right to “freedom of speech,” but if you make drawings about the Holocaust, then it’s “hatred against the Jews.”

http://www.forward.com/articles/14745/

The Bush shoe-thrower, journalist Muntazer al-Zeidi, hero of the Iraqi People

2008-12-15T20:01:00.003-02:00

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The Pathetic End to Bush Era 2

2008-12-15T10:14:00.003-02:00

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The Pathetic End to Bush Era

2008-12-15T08:08:00.004-02:00

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High hopes for Barack Obama

2008-11-09T19:20:00.004-02:00

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World has now a new emperor: Barack Obama

2008-11-05T03:02:00.004-02:00

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U.S. presidential race (Part 2)

2008-11-02T18:37:00.003-02:00

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U.S. presidential race

2008-10-17T13:09:00.002-03:00

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U.S. taxpayers funding the Iraq War ...and private banks!

2008-10-10T16:58:00.006-03:00

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Suicide among US soldiers to hit new record

2008-09-07T16:32:00.004-03:00

Suicides among serving US soldiers are on course to hit a new record this year and could exceed the rate among the general population for the first time since the Vietnam War, according to Army officials. (Source: Telegraph)

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Bush's double standard

2008-08-26T17:16:00.002-03:00

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Georgia-Russia conflict

2008-08-13T20:15:00.002-03:00

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The World's Worst Nightmare

2008-08-06T01:34:00.002-03:00

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Hamas versus Fatah...again!

2008-08-02T23:41:00.001-03:00

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Woah! The Pentagon spent 2 minutes on this blog!

2008-07-21T16:43:00.004-03:00

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Our good friends at The Pentagon spent two minutes on my Iraq cartoon blog. On April 7, they spent merely 51 seconds, see here. I wish they could stay longer than 2 minutes here browsing my artworks. Hey Pentagon boys, if possible, send me some comments about my cartoons ok? But please, use an official email to make things look more serious...heh!
My email

Warmongering

2008-07-14T22:11:00.004-03:00

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Interview for the Turkish magazine Yeni Harman

2008-07-08T04:56:00.003-03:00

Interview I gave to Ezgi Aksoy for the Turkish magazine Yeni Harman. Visit her Deviantart page: http://nymphofsorrow.deviantart.com/

Thanks for your interest in my art, Ezgi.
:)

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The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (Japanese version)

2008-07-03T13:09:00.001-03:00

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Latuff in the MAGAZ magazine

2008-07-01T16:35:00.002-03:00

I was mentioned in an article entitled "People drawing people, a look into the psychology of character design" published in the fine Egyptian design magazine MAGAZ: http://magazmagazine.com
Three of my Iraq related cartoons were reproduced.

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Israel putting pressure on the U.S. to attack Iran

2008-06-14T20:04:00.002-03:00

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Iraq war could cost U.S. taxpayers $2.7 trillion

2008-06-13T03:45:00.005-03:00

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Peace: U.S. Style

2008-06-12T01:58:00.002-03:00

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Palestinian Che Guevara in the Toronto Star

2008-06-07T00:34:00.003-03:00

Mafaz Al-Suwaidan, in a special article for the Toronto Star regarding the history of the kaffiyeh, reproduced my Palestinian Che cartoon. Thank you, Ms. Al-Suwaidan, for your kindness.

(Excerpt)

"In 2002, Brazilian political cartoonist Carlos Latuff introduced a drawing of Che Guevara with a kaffiyeh wrapped around his head. This image was popular amongst pro-Palestinian activists, but did not go mainstream. Why? Probably because it clearly calls for revolution in Palestine, and a call like that is one that neither H&M nor Urban Outfitters et al would like to include in their spring collection."

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The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (Galician version)

2008-06-04T18:56:00.003-03:00

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Interview for JAMI magazine

2008-06-02T12:03:00.003-03:00

Interview I gave for the magazine of The Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (JAMI).

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The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (Polish version)

2008-05-25T18:37:00.003-03:00

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The White House is UNDER ATTACK! (Arabic version)

2008-05-25T10:47:00.003-03:00

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The White House is UNDER ATTACK!

2008-05-23T10:58:00.003-03:00

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Captain Iraq versus George W. Bush

2008-05-19T22:34:00.002-03:00

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Superman found dead in Iraq!

2008-05-14T05:12:00.001-03:00

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Apartheid, then and now

2008-05-13T09:40:00.002-03:00

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My cartoons in Saudi Arabia magazine

2008-05-10T21:38:00.004-03:00

The Saudi magazine "Character" dedicated FOUR pages to me and my art.

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US Army Recruiting Command

2008-05-07T13:06:00.004-03:00

Another visit from a military organization in United States. This time, the Headquarters of US Army Recruiting Command.

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Getting blog hits from U.S. military organizations is not a big surprise to me, specially when Pentagon announces that it will expand its "Information Operations" on the Internet.

Bush seeks 70 billion dollars for Iraq, Afghan war

2008-05-04T19:55:00.004-03:00

US President George W. Bush formally asked lawmakers for 70 billion dollars to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan into early next year, when his successor takes over.

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Latuff's Palestine-Israel-Lebanon cartoons available for download NOW!

2008-04-16T18:10:00.003-03:00

Download for free a Zip file containing 283 high-resolution artworks (cartoons, photomontages, comics) produced by me from 2002 to March, 2008. All the artworks can be freely reproduced, without my formal permission.

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Article about my art in the Lebanese newspaper "Al Akhbar"

2008-04-15T05:41:00.002-03:00

Article+cartoon published in Al Akhbar.

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Support Iraq Veterans Against the War

2008-04-12T05:14:00.004-03:00

Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) was founded by Iraq war veterans in July 2004 at the annual convention of Veterans for Peace (VFP) in Boston to give a voice to the large number of active duty service people and veterans who are against this war, but are under various pressures to remain silent.

From its inception, IVAW has called for:

- Immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces in Iraq;
- Reparations for the human and structural damages Iraq has suffered, and stopping the corporate pillaging of Iraq so that their people can control their own lives and future and
- Full benefits, adequate healthcare (including mental health), and other supports for returning servicemen and women.

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Cartoon reproduced by the Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (JAMI)

2008-04-11T06:35:00.005-03:00

One of my cartoons about the 5th anniversary of the Iraq War was reproduced by the Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (JAMI) in their PDF magazine. Download it here: http://www.jaami.info/link-773829.html

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It's getting better every day: Now the U.S. Department of Defense!

2008-04-09T17:59:00.006-03:00

Only two days after a quick check from The Pentagon, this humble cartoon blog was visited by the U.S. Department of Defense Network Information Center, brought here while searching for "Carlos Latuff" on Google.

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It's official! The Pentagon knows about this blog!

2008-04-07T16:49:00.003-03:00

Yes, you read that right!
The Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, spent 51 seconds here, brought by a search on Google. Not too much of course, but it's enough for them to be aware of the existence of this blog.

Why am I NOT surprised?

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Cartoon reproduced in Iraqi magazine

2008-04-06T18:59:00.003-03:00

My Islamic Resistance in Iraq cartoon was reproduced in Al Raeed magazine, published in Iraq.

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Growing Islamophobia in Europe

2008-03-28T12:04:00.003-03:00

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Five years and counting...

2008-03-25T09:48:00.004-03:00

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رسالة إلى أخوتي وأخواتي العرب والمسلمين Message to my Arab/Muslim brothers and sisters

2008-03-25T04:54:00.013-03:00

http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=176

latuff@uninet.com.br

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Dear brothers and sisters,

I need your help to find Arab newspapers or magazines willing to reproduce my cartoons about Palestine and Iraq in weekly or monthly basis, in order to reach Arab audience whom do not speak English and have no Internet access. Samples of my work can be seen here: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=176

If you have any direct contact with editors, please, inform. Write me in English only, since I don't speak Arabic, unfortunately. Contact me here!

Thanks a lot in advance.

Death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reaches 4.000

2008-03-24T06:43:00.007-03:00

The death toll of U.S. soldiers in Iraq reached 4.000 on Monday, days after the fifth anniversary of a war that President George W. Bush says the United States is on track to win.

(To be published in this week's issue of Läsarnas Fria Tidning)

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Latuff's Iraq War cartoons available for download NOW!

2008-03-21T21:52:00.005-03:00

Download for free a zip file containing 252 high-resolution artworks (cartoons, photomontages, comics) produced by me on the eve of the Iraq War in 2002, until March 20th, 2008. All the artworks can be freely reproduced, without my formal permission.

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Iraq War: 5 years

2008-03-20T09:48:00.007-03:00

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This one to be published in the Swedish alternative paper Läsarnas Fria Tidning

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Live chat session with Latuff on Islam Online

2008-03-17T22:35:00.002-03:00

I was kindly invited by Islam Online for a live chat session about my art and my views on Palestine, which happened today. Check the transcription here: http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=hw86EG

Islamic Resistance in Iraq

2008-03-16T00:06:00.004-03:00

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Condoleezza Rice: The Mother of All Wars

2008-03-14T18:36:00.005-03:00

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An illustrious visitor: The United Nations!

2008-03-10T12:37:00.004-03:00

Apparently someone from the United Nations was searching for my cartoons related to Gaza siege (hooray!) and just found my humble Iraq cartoon blog. U.N. representatives are welcome to this blog and I invite them to help me on spreading my art related to Palestine and Iraq.

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Message to the Iraq Army soldiers

2008-03-08T09:28:00.003-03:00

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The bravery of U.S. Marines in Iraq

2008-03-06T08:04:00.004-03:00

"The U.S. Marine filmed throwing a crying puppy off a cliff may have been trying to prove his strength or bravery, several mental health professionals told ABCNEWS.com."

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(Arabic version)

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Mensagem ao povo palestino - رسالة إلى الشعب الفلسطيني

2008-03-05T19:48:00.003-03:00

Mensagem do cartunista brasileiro Latuff, em português e árabe, ao povo palestino, por conta da agressão israelense contra Gaza - رسالة من الرسام البرازيلي ( لطوف ) ، باللغتين البرتغالية والعربية ، موجهة للشعب الفلسطيني ، تنديداً بالهجوم الإسرائيلي على غزة

Gaza: Spread the word, share this art!

2008-03-03T06:39:00.003-03:00

I'd like to beg all viewers to spread this image anywhere, as a way to expose Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. Use it on t-shirts, posters, banners. Reproduce it in zines, papers, magazines, and make it visible everywhere. Here is the high-resolution version for printing purposes:
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http://israelsbirthday.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/gaza3.jpg

Thank you in the name of every suffering Palestinian.

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Israel threatens to unleash 'holocaust' in Gaza!

2008-03-01T21:10:00.004-03:00

Artwork to be published on next week issue of Swedish alternative paper Läsarnas Fria Tidning

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Israel's Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai has provoked outrage after threatening Palestinians with a "holocaust" but the same media who obsessed about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's "wipe Israel off the map" misquote are scurrying to defend Vilnai's disgraceful comments. Read article here!

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Iraq War stork

2008-02-27T04:10:00.002-03:00

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West Point is back in town!

2008-02-24T22:47:00.007-03:00

Today my post about West Point had about 25 visits from that notorious U.S. military academy, probably because someone posted on Facebook a link to it. One of the visitors spent a total of 9 HOURS browsing my blog. Click on image to see statistics:

Such devotion deserves another cartoon specially made for my growing fans at United States Military Academy at West Point. Click on image to enlarge:

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Powers

2008-02-14T08:35:00.003-02:00

Exclusive cartoon I made for the Swedish newspaper Läsarnas Fria Tidning.

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United States Military Academy at West Point

2008-02-08T22:55:00.000-02:00

Someone from the United States Military Academy at West Point spent 17 minutes browsing my Iraq cartoon blog. Well, thanks for your preference!

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And here's a special cartoon for my fans in West Point!

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Iraq cartoons in Swedish newspaper

2008-02-05T00:59:00.000-02:00

I'd like to say thanks to the editorial board of alternative Swedish newspaper Lasarnas Fria for dedicating the cover and two internal pages to me and my art, including some of my cartoons related to the Iraq war.

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Iraq Death Toll

2008-02-04T17:13:00.000-02:00

A recent study carried out by a UK polling firm says that more than a million Iraqi civilians have been killed due to violence since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Read more here: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9E4BDA75-56D6-4E63-8D63-AF8C3B321217.htm

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Sectarian war in Iraq

2008-01-27T07:53:00.000-02:00

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Demonizing Islam

2008-01-22T11:55:00.000-02:00

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It's not torture when U.S. forces are doing it...

2008-01-15T03:42:00.000-02:00

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My fans in the U.S. Department of Justice

2008-01-10T21:04:00.000-02:00

Just today this blog got four visits from the U.S. Department of Justice. Don't be suprised if this blog suddenly gets closed or something. Expect everything these days...

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In 2008, let's not forget the 60 years of The Catastroph

2008-01-01T19:00:00.000-02:00

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http://israelsbirthday.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/nakba.jpg

May 15th, 1948, was the Palestinian Al-Nakba (the Catastrophe), or what Israel refers to as the "Day of Independence". To Palestinians, it symbolizes the dispossession, displacement, and uprooting of 800,000 Palestinians from their homes in what then became Israel. Many of these refugees and their descendants, who now number more than 4 million, still languish in refugee camps in the West Bank, Gaza, and surrounding Arab countries. While Al-Nakba embodies the first major wave of forced expulsion of Palestinians from their land, Israel's premeditated campaign of ethnic cleansing continues to this very day.

Read more here: http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2007/12/2008-calender-60-years-of-nakba-ongoing.html