"Dozens of files cross my desk every day. They are copies of criminal cases against people jailed for 'terrorism' or refer to people who are still being investigated. Why have I put the word 'terrorism' in quotation marks here?
Because the overwhelming majority of these people have been 'fitted up' as terrorists by the authorities. In 2006 the practice of 'fitting up' people as terrorists has supplanted any genuine anti-terrorist struggle. And it has allowed people who are revenge-minded to have their revenge - on so-called potential terrorists."
Anna Politkovskaya's final but unfinished article is published in the Independent today.
It is a reminder that there is still a dirty, little war going on in Chechnya and that governments throughout the world, America included of course, are taking advantage of the "War on Terra" to abuse and increase their power.
Let us hope that she will not have died in vain.
Read the full article.
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