Archive for May 24, 2004
Salon.com printed those comments of mine in reaction to Bush’s speech (you can get a free one-day pass to the site): “George W. Bush is certainly concerned about his reelection. His plummeting popularity in the polls explains his need for “a major” speech on Iraq. He may have sounded convincing to those in the U.S. [...]
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
From a poem by Lebanese poet Khalil Hawi (my translation): “…their child is born an old bat where is the one who can dissolve, revive, and bring back who can create him a new child and wash him with oil and sulfur off stink of rust where is the one who can dissolve, revive, and [...]
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
From Bush’s speech. Achievements of liberation: “Iraqi oil production has reached more than two million barrels per day, bringing revenues of nearly $6 billion so far this year..”
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
This is Zionism: 13-Year-Old a Victim of Israeli Offensive
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
Iraqi poetry (in English) (thanks Brenda)
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
New wedding video fuels suspicion of US account
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
Please add this to Kofi Annan’s resume: “Teenage rape victims fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo are being sexually exploited by the United Nations peace-keeping troops sent to the stop their suffering.”
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
War returns with a vengeance as allies fail the Afghan people
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
Afghanistan, the war the world forgot
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
Very wide image of Michelangelo’s David
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
What Zionism (and New York Times) does not know: Palestinians hold funerals too
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
This is Zionism: Israeli Bulldozers threaten Gaza ‘school of hope’
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
That is a new version of how we got into war. Not Kidding. So the Iranian government, prodded the Iranian intelligence service, which in turn influenced and manipulated Ahmad Chalabi, who in turn prodded his intelligence chief, who in turn influenced and manipulated the neo-conservatives in Washington, DC, who in turn influenced and manipulated George [...]
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
‘Its best use [for this lousy book] is as a doorstop’ (thanks Elie)
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad
A piece on an Arab-American writer. A story on Arabs that does not deal with violence. How rare is that? (nice article Diana)
Posted on May 24, 2004 by As'ad