Archive for May 9, 2004
CHAIN OF COMMAND, by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
“Sometimes they pretended to kill me”
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
As Insurgency Grew, So Did Prison Abuse
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
Official U.S. Reaction Compounds the Rage (thanks Abbas–excellent piece)
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
This is an example of the moral bankruptcy of liberal arguments. This reminds me of Tikkhun magazine’s argument that Israel should leave (some of) the West Bank and Gaza (and only the West Bank and Gaza) not because of what occupation is doing to the Palestinians, but because it is bad for the Israeli soldiers, [...]
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
“American soldiers subjected a 16-year-old Iraqi prisoner to a mock execution inside an American detention centre and made his brothers watch, one of the brothers alleged yesterday.”
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
“With troop commitments growing, the cost of the war in Iraq could top $150 billion through the next fiscal year — as much as three times what the White House had originally estimated. And, according to congressional researchers and outside budget experts, the war and continuing occupation could total $300 billion over the next decade, [...]
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
People say that Arabs have no right to be outraged over the torture in Abu Ghrayb prison because torture is commonplace in the Middle East. Now it is true: Arab governments and Israel (but not Cyprus, the only democracy in the Middle East) have a long pattern of killing of civilians and of torture of [...]
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
I was reading the text of the last Bin Laden letter. Again, his statements are largely ignored in the Middle East, although I am told that he has a cult following in Saudi Arabia. (But I should also add that Bush is really pushing people in the Middle East to the ranks of radicalism and [...]
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
Is this man (Bush) for real? He actually said this (full text below somewhere) in his last week’s interview with Al-Arabiyya: “Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country, and we will help them rid Iraq of these killers.”
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
Last Sunday, the New York Times Arts (or I should say “Arts”) section carried an article to the effect that Hollywood movies carry themes of revenge, and that this does not represent the US values. What a myth! The US is the country of vengeance and revenge par excellence now. Were the wars in Afghanistan [...]
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad
Angry Arab pontificates on Arab Media.
Posted on May 9, 2004 by As'ad