Archive for March 7, 2004
For More Afghan Women, Immolation Is Escape (thanks Walter)
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Aristide maintains he was kidnapped from Haiti
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
To those dynamic internet searhers out there: may one of you kindly send me the transcript of Richard Perle’s on C-Span’s Booknotes. I wish to post his “brilliant” analysis of Palestinian anger at Israel.
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Bush’s box of candy: Ethnic divide deepens in new Iraq
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
A sharp jump in military spending under President Bush has lifted defense budgets to levels not seen since the height of the Reagan buildup of the early 1980s, prompting warnings by lawmakers and defense analysts that the surge may no longer be sustainable in a time of deepening deficits.
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Syria’s economy minister offers to shine George W. Bush’s shoes.
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Free at last, free at last: US oil chiefs expected in Libya
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
The U.S. military has closed an investigation into the January killings of four Iraqis whose deaths were blamed on American troops, saying it couldn’t find the culprits, the Army said today. No one claimed responsibility for the Jan. 3 deaths of the Iraqis — a taxi driver and three passengers, including a woman and a [...]
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Your tax dollars at work: 500,000 March in Venezuela Protest
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
China to Boost Defense Funds by 12%
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
“Saddam was no defender of women, but they have faced new miseries and more violence since he fell”
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Full text: Human Rights Report on US forces’ abuses in Afghanistan. (thanks Julie)
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Do not pin your hopes on the new generation of politicians. A new study reveals that today’s youngest politicians are very much like their predecessors: 86% are men, 81 % are white, and 29 % have a relative who served in office.
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
The San Francisco Chronicle is, by US standards, the most liberal big-city newspaper in US. It even occasionally carries pieces critical of Israel. But it still is an American newspaper containing the fundamental biases of US media against the Palestinians. This is from an obituary piece about a CBS newsperson. This is how the SF [...]
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
According to one Arabic TV news program, Israel has managed to kill 50 Palestinians in the Gaza strip alone this week. Was that anywhere in US news?
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Nearly three-quarters of Harvard University undergraduates are from families with earnings in the top quarter of American household incomes.
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
The new US ME propaganda TV, Al-Hurra. A sample of its tough and very objective reporting. Here is a question that its director, Mouafac Harb, asked George W. Bush: “Q You may be the only world leader today, and maybe the first American President, to pay a lot of attention to freedom and democracy in [...]
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad
Political Economy of Obesity
Posted on March 7, 2004 by As'ad