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December 3, Email to Hani Shukrallah & Mona Anis, Al-Ahram Weekly

Dear Mr. Shukrallah and Ms. Anis,

I thought your Al-Ahram Weekly’s Shock and awe v2.0 and World Domination, Inc. were both well thought out articles. Both agreed substantially with the kind of thing I’ve been writing a lot and publishing a bit in my home city of Houston, Texas.

I am a former U.S. Army officer who has been against the war in Iraq from the start. As a matter of fact, on April 3, just days before the Battle of Baghdad, the Houston Chronicle carried my essay “Visions of Stalingrad: Claim victory in Iraq now” in which I predicted pretty much the kind of quagmire we are stuck in – along with the possibility of a world war. On July 8, the Houston Chronicle carried my essay “Still worried about quicksand of war in Iraq” in which I called for the investigation of the president for waging an unjust war.

Needless to say, the president didn’t like my published essays, and sees to it that U.S. newspapers don’t print any more of them. I hope you’ll enjoy the two essays (they’re below). Should you be interested in the kind of things the American media doesn’t have the honesty or courage to print, you can find plenty in my attached unpublished essays. Should you wish to learn a bit about how it felt to be a dissident back in July, when Blair assassinated Dr. Kelly and Bush set Valerie Plame up for assassination, please refer to my July letters (also attached).

I hope a bit of reading will convince you that some of us over here are thinking clearly. Unfortunately, we’re the minority, and we’re not the ones telling the public what to think. [Editor’s emphasis] Please feel free to distribute anything I’ve sent, and please feel free to write back if you want to.

Captain May

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