Archive for April 4, 2004
“The bullet is so controversial that if Thomas, a former SEAL, had been on active duty, he would have been court-martialed for using it. The ammunition is “nonstandard†and hasn’t passed the military’s approval process.”
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
France ‘sought secret UN deal’ in bid to avert row
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Rwanda: peace but no reconciliation
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
The Sunni triangle (not to be confused with the Shi`ite rectangle) in Iraq has become a base from which Islamic jihadists can train and test their cadre, senior officials at the CIA and the US state department have conceded.
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Risks rise for Iraqi journalists
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Anti-American voices get louder across Iraq
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
A new Iraq Public Service Broadcaster Commission –- independent of the government — will be established to regulate publicly owned media. And to ensure Iraqi airwaves “are administered in the public interest, the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission will administer their use independently of the government,” Bremer added. Leave it to Bremer of course to [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
“Last year, according to the Department of Agriculture, 34.9 million Americans like the Compeans were “food insecure” — the government’s term for those who must survive on a diet not nutritious enough to keep a child or an adult healthy. More than 13 million of those people were children. The U.S. Conference of Mayors expects [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Former Secretary of State, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, has spoken. She has suggested that maybe the US colonial authority in Iraq should not after all surrender authority to the Iraqis at the end of June, as if the transfer of authority is real in the first place. But the US has lost authority in Iraq. The US [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
I should have a special beverage section here. Here is my story. I was served this incredibly delicious tea at this CA restaurant. The tea bag was extremely beautiful: it was made from pure silk and carries within it the tea plus some really interesting goodies. The taste was exquisite. So I immediately inquired about [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Who will they blame this time? I have just finished watching the scenes of the bloody demonstrations in Iraq on Al-Jazeera, and could not help but wonder about US propaganda techniques for the next few days, next few weeks, next few months. I have always believed that when rage sweeps the Shi`ite community in Iraq [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Western liberation of Afghan women: In a program funded by cosmetics firms, two American beauticians teach their trade to women in Kabul
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Beirut’s Shiny Facade Is a Mask
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Revenge as a foreign policy and as a military doctrine.
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
“This is not a war that we can yet say we are winning. The most senior U.S. defense officials say that new combatants are emerging as fast as we can kill or capture the old ones. We may have reduced the number of cells of former regime loyalists, but a new mixture has emerged, made [...]
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Eritrea’s Female War Veterans Seek Peacetime Role
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
US is looking for WMDs in…Brazil.
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Framework of Clarke’s Book Is Bolstered
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
All is not well in the Shi`ite…triangle in Iraq.
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad
Fear as thousands of killers come home in Rwanda
Posted on April 4, 2004 by As'ad