Archive for July 18, 2004

The Poem of Life by Lebanese poet Sa`id `Aql (my translation):   Whether you were harsh or lenient, I do not mind pain A poem I am, the preface to which is you! You wrote me with wine, which was strange, but if you drink, words are burning coals! You think that I can be read, [...]

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

“At the end of the session, Bush reportedly told the group, “I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job.’’ “

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Having so brilliantly and splendidly “liberated” Iraq; Bush now wants to “liberate” Iran.

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Here you will read an article about the killing Iraqis by US troops.  The article, however, is concerned not with the Iraqi victims but with the psychological state of US troops.

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Revolt Against Arafat grows. HIGH TIME.

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Shame of slavery blights Brazil’s interior : 25,000 working as forced labourers.

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

“James Meek describes life in a Catch-22 world where a human life is valued at $500, the mercury rarely falls below 40 and the daily carnage [in Iraq] goes largely unreported.”

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Al-Arabiya TV website has an interesting article about the capture in Tikrit of Sufyan Mahir At-Tikriti (the commander of Saddam’s Republican Guards).  The article points out that his capture refutes the conspiracy theories that were peddled after the fall of Baghdad to the effect that Sufyan Mahir At-Tikriti defected to the US forces and was [...]

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Iraqi puppet amnesty “excludes killers of Americans.”  Killers of Iraqis will be set free.  Explaining the (il)logic of the new decision, the puppet Iraqi government reminds Iraqis that American lives are more precious than Iraqi lives. 

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

A revealing profile of Iraqi puppet prime minister/car bomber/former Saddam’s assassin/prisoners’ killer, Iyad Allawi. (thanks Tony)

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Ariel Sharon is planning to change the demographic map of the world; he wants all French Jews to come to Israel, wants all Palestinians to leave their homeland, and wants the Lebanese people to go Cyprus.

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad

Kerry’s brother is in Israel: “In an interview with one Israeli newspaper, Mr [Cameron] Kerry, 53, said: “He [Senator John Kerry] is very clear in his statements: the security of Israel must come first and Israel needs to be able to protect itself.”  He echoed the Israeli government’s line on refusing to negotiate with Yasser [...]

Posted on July 18, 2004 by As'ad