Archive for March 9, 2004
US finds Israel very cute when it acts so racistly against Arabs: Israel is found to force red-marked helmets on Arab workers. (“Hard hats worn by Israeli-Arab builders of the Knesset’s new wing marked with a red “X†— to aid security snipers.”) John Kerry asks all Arabs in US to wear the red-marked helmets.
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Full text: the report on Iraq (a year later) by the Council on Foreign Relations). It predicts a foreign policy disaster if leaders don’t shore up support.
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Disney rides into trouble with story of cowboy who conquers the Middle East. It should not be surprising. Recent biographies of Walt Disney indicates that he was an FBI informer.
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Abu Abbas died while in US custody. US officials are attributing his death to natural causes. You do not have to be an admirer of Abu Abbas (who was quite thuggish and aligned himself with Qadhdhafi and later Saddam Husayn) to be suspicious. His most recent letters to his family, as reported in Arabic press, [...]
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
We thought that law enforcement is busy with threat of Bin Laden. Apprently, they have something more important on their mind: Police secretly watching hip-hop artists. Police is investigating a link between P. Diddy and Abu Mus`ab Az-Zarqawi.
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Full text: The Worldwide Threat 2004: Challenges in a Changing Global Context. Testimony of Director of Central Intelligence, George J. Tenet, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 9 March 2004. Notice this excerpt: “Beyond these groups are the so-called “foreign jihadists”-individuals ready to fight anywhere they believe Muslim lands are under attack by what they [...]
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
A Global Generation Gap
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Neo-Cons Target Syria
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Is Military Creeping Into Domestic Law Enforcement?
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
CRTD ‘Gender, Citizenship and Nationality Programme’; Denial of Nationality: The Case of Arab Women (thanks Lina)
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
An interesting detailed analysis of the “Iraqi” provisional constitution. I do not endorse the views. (thanks S.)
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
More Than 8.7M Cosmetic Plastic Surgeries in 2003, Up 32 Pct. Over 2002. The overall top five surgical cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2003 were nose reshaping (356,554), liposuction (320,022), breast augmentation (254,140), eyelid surgery (246,633), and facelift (128,667).
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
Angry Arab pontificates in San Francisco Chronicle
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad
US favorite puppet, Hamid Karzai, speaks: Afghan president says men should let women vote, but tell them who to vote for (thanks anonymous)
Posted on March 9, 2004 by As'ad