Archive for July 20, 2004

I have received from a friend via email a batch of writings, pamphlets, and statements by Al-Qa`idah.  He did research on Saudi Arabia and became skilled in finding their sites as they change them regularly and frequently.  First, I am amazed at their skill in using the internet, and their publishing skills.  The documents in [...]

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

This could be a significant development.  Al-Quds Al-`Arabi daily (which is close to Iraqi Ba`th and Sunni sources in Baghdad) reports (tomorrow Wednesday) that “notables from Iraqi falujah succeeded in evicting around 25 fighters who carry Syrian, Jordanian, and Saudi citizenship from their city after meeting with them and asking them to leave…On another front [...]

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

One Bombing, Many Versions: Iraqis on the Street Quick to Blame U.S.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

More Americans seek God on their terms, and in their homes.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

Cruelty in KFC’s Slaughterhouse.  Secret recipe of torture.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

How has the US been spending other people’s billions?

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

Fruits of market “reforms”: China admits first rise in poverty since 1978.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

My article in As-Safir titled “Az-Zarqawi…Presents.”

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

Poem by Iraqi poet `Abdul-Wahab Al-Bayyati: Cities that sleep without dawn I called on your name in its streets, and darkness answered I have asked the winds about you while they moaned in the heart of tranquility I saw your face in mirrors and eyes and in the glass of the windows of faraway dawn in [...]

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

(Scroll down): “It may be surprising to most people to realize that USA, the wealthiest nation on Earth, has the widest gap between rich and poor of any industrialized nation, and disparities continue to grow. And inequality within the nation is quite sharp. (See also this article and this article about how the media deals [...]

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

Darfur Documents Confirm Sudanese Government Policy of Militia Support.

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad

This story makes me angry; very very angry. I watched this woman and her husband on TV yesterday telling their story.  I could not believe it. She admitted that she became suspicious when the six Middle East looking men boarded the plane, simply boarded the plane. But when the other Middle East men boarded the [...]

Posted on July 20, 2004 by As'ad