Re: Another Bush Crime against humanity and Gaia

I would like to froward this story far & wide.  Anybody have a source 
for it?
Rob

[email protected] wrote:

> This story utterly appalls me. The Bush regime, as the tool of 
> Glomart, has become more profoundly evil than even I could have 
> imagined. Please circulate as widely as possible.
>  
> * The Ultimate War Crime: Breaking the Agricultural Cycle* --For the 
> record: "U.S. declares Iraqis can not save their own seeds" --edited 
> by Iman Khaduri "As part of sweeping 'economic restructuring' 
> implemented by the Bush Administration in Iraq, Iraqi farmers will no 
> longer be permitted to save their seeds, which include seeds the 
> Iraqis themselves have developed over hundreds of years. Instead, 
> *they will be forced to buy seeds from US corporations*. That is 
> because in recent years, transnational corporations have patented and 
> now own many seed varieties originated or developed by indigenous 
> peoples. In a short time, Iraq will be living under the new American 
> credo: *Pay Monsanto, or starve*.' The American Administrator of the 
> Iraqi CPA (Coalition Provisional Authority) government, Paul Bremer, 
> updated Iraq's intellectual property law to 'meet current 
> internationally-recognized standards of protection'. The updated law 
> makes saving seeds for next year's harvest, practiced by 97% of Iraqi 
> farmers in 2002, and is the standard farming practice for thousands of 
> years across human civilizations, to be now illegal. Instead, *farmers 
> will have to obtain a yearly license for genetically modified (GM) 
> seeds from American corporations*."
>
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