Archive for February 16, 2004

The Iraqi puppet council resolved the dispute over elections: they came up with a brilliant (and highly democratic) idea: Most members of Iraq’s U.S.-appointed Governing Council no longer support the Bush administration’s plan to choose an interim government through caucuses and instead want the council to assume sovereignty until elections can be held, several members [...]

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

News reports said: Gunmen ambush car of American civilians on road south of Baghdad, killing one and wounding three. But what were they doing in Iraq in the first place? The statement by the US military said the Americans were part of a ”religious group” but did not identify it. Is that part of the [...]

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Iraqis today are free and democratic: they may do as they please now that Saddam is in custody. Or so goes the US tale of propaganda. But, Bremer will reject Islam as source for law.However, he will not object if Iraqis make Southern Baptism a state religion.

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Lies of the Times: Judith Miller’s faulty WMD reporting

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Saddam’s legacy of Horrors: Relatives of the missing dig up graves, cross the country on buses, plead with U.S. soldiers and ask prisoners the question: Have you seen him?

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

About 200 journalists briefly occupied the Palestinian legislative building in Gaza Strip to protest a series of attacks on reporters. Yasir `Arafat’s response? It was firm and swift. He immediately ordered that millions (from Palestinian people’s money) more be transferred to the private account of Suha `Arafat.

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

The Bribes of Saddam. I am in favor of exposing those who took bribes from Saddam, but wonder why none of the names include those Kuwaitis and Egyptians who were on Saddam’s payroll in the 1980s, and who supported the recent Iraq war. Does that mean that support for the US war ensured the erasure [...]

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

The United States’ “war on terror” has been “extremely damaging” for human rights, and has been used as an excuse by totalitarian regimes to impose oppressive laws, a leading (conservative) think tank said yesterday.

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Rifts widen in Bush’s foreign policy team

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Iraqi and US officials are voicing doubts about Iraq’s ability to handle such hot spots as the volatile Sunni triangle west and north of Baghdad.

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Who is NOT courting the US? Syria Courts a Cool U.S. Amid Threat of Sanctions

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

A plan floated by Israeli Transport Minister Avigdor Lieberman would confine the Palestinians to four isolated districts in the West Bank.

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

U.S. vs. Them

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

The voice of James Baldwin

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Soviet general says Invasion was a big mistake: Says Americans opened the path for terrorists

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Pentagon eager to wash hands of Iraq mess it created

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Is this the Iraq promised by Bush? “…anti-Coalition forces in Iraq have given grim warning that they are growing in confidence, by upping the intensity of their campaign”…

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

So let us see: US pushed for war in Iraq and Afghanistan using the words of “democracy” and “freedom.” Now, the US opposes elections in Iraq, and U.S. Aides Hint Afghan Voting May Be Put Off. As Bob Dole used to say, Where is the Outrage??

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad

Start-up Company With Connections: U.S. gives $400M in work to contractor with ties to Pentagon favorite on Iraqi Governing Council (the embezzler A. Chalabi) (thanks Naseer)

Posted on February 16, 2004 by As'ad