Sylvia Stolz, Defense Attorney for Ernst Zundel Charged.

The struggle for freedom of speech continues in Germany and Europe

Sylvia Stolz, the courageous lawyer for Ernst Zundel. has now been charged by the German government with “denying the Holocaust.”

The German government’s efforts to repress freedom of speech, opinion, and conscience have reached new depths. In Germany, expressing any disagreement with any aspect of the officially-sanctioned Holocaust story is punishable by imprisonment. Last month Ernst Zundel, a non-violent 67 year old resident of Canada and the United States, was sentenced to five years in prison for simply expressing opinions that differ with the “official position” of prominent Jewish Holocaust promoters and the German government. Such imprisonment is of course a mockery of the principle of the “free speech” claimed by Europe and the United States.

The Associated Press reported:

Prosecutors said they are seeking a ban on Stolz working as a lawyer.

“This foreign occupation seems threatened and insulted,” Stolz said. “So telling the truth is prosecuted for slander and the people who speak the truth are silenced, whether they’re attorneys, doctors, engineers or any other profession.”

In Germany, not only have authorities imprisoned thousands for expressing their opinions, they are also acting to deny the fundamental rights of the accused. (more…)

Suspicious Naval Incident to Incite War on Iran
By James Buchanan
March 24th, 2007

Iran is now being accused of kidnapping British sailors. The US was drawn into the Vietnam War thanks to a phony naval incident in the Gulf of Tonkin –an event the neocons may be attempting to duplicate in the Persian Gulf. A recent news article reports “Diplomats struggled Friday to resolve a standoff prompted by Iran’s seizure of 15 British sailors and marines in the volatile, oil-rich Persian Gulf as a vote neared on U.N. sanctions that would punish the Islamic Republic for its nuclear enrichment program. The Royal Navy personnel, traveling in high-speed inflatable rafts through the crowded waters off the Iranian and Iraqi coasts, had just inspected an Iranian-flagged dhow for contraband Friday morning when they were surrounded by Islamic Revolutionary Guard gunboats, detained and taken to a nearby Iranian military base. Iran said the Britons were being held for violating its territorial waters. British and American military officials insisted that the Iranian gunships had crossed into Iraqi waters.”

Given the nearly infinite tendency to lie by both the Bush and Blair regimes, it’s a safe bet that the Iranians are telling the truth. The president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad canceled a planned trip to speak in front of the UN in regards to Iran’s nuclear energy program. The timing of this incident was clearly intended to make Iran look bad just as Ahmadinejad was scheduled to appear before the UN. Iran has the right to arrest anyone who trespasses into their territorial waters. The neocons are fully capable of “sacrificing” a few sailors to create a case for war. Ahmadinejad was going to give a speech at the UN to counter months of neocon lies, this latest incident seems tailor-made to fan the flames of war and to drown out the truth. (more…)